Re: (PM) GVC modem chipset

pmuser@minbar.taranaki.ac.nz
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 09:19:09 +1300 (NZDT)

>
> On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 pmuser@minbar.taranaki.ac.nz wrote:
>
> -| Our CEO went and bought himself a new 56K modem. What can I say, all 56K
> -| modems are the same right. So he buys a KTX 56K wizzbang from a local
> -| supplier. Trouble is the damn thing says it's connected at 56000 even when
> -| it connects to a 33.6K modem pool. Throughput is abysmal (lots of
>
> This is of course because the .inf file you are using (or is supplied with
> the modem) is reporting the PORT speed, not the MODEM speed. Check the
> manual for info on report DTE/DCE speed.
>

No prize sorry. This is the Modem speed being reported not the 115K port speed.

> -| renegotiations). The ati commands produce the following info
> -|
> -| ati6
> -| RCV56DPF-PLL L8571A Rev 19.00/19.00
> -|
> -| ati3
> -| V2.077-V90_2M_DLP
> -|
> -| Now except for modems identifable as HCF modems, I have had good results
> -| from Rockwell chipset modems, but this one is truely aweful. Does anyone
> -| know if this chipset is the HCF type? Has anyone had any experience with
> -| KTX-56KVI2-G modems (they are rebadged GVC modems)?
> -|
> -| BTW anyone notice Rockwell's website no longer exists?
>
> They have changed their modem division i believe from rockwell to
> something like connectix, but NOT connectix. But similar, sorry the name
> slips me right now.
>

Yeh and the ONLY modem chipset they have info on is the HCF chipset,
scarey for those of us who have a low opinion of the HCF chipset.

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