(PM) Modem Code

Jason Slagle (raistlin@tacorp.net)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 13:01:03 -0500 (EST)

This is my take on the whole thing.. The fact that it works for MOST
people shows to me that the code obviously works. If the code was bad or
at fault here, we would ALL be having problems, therefore I can conclude
this is not the sole cause here.

Most of us have a technical background, very related to scientific. Take
a look at this in that light. You say your compeitor gets clean connects
on his equipment. Has it occured to you that it is possible his line it
set up different, or his copper segment is cleaner?

Frankly, I don't buy it. I've browsed the mailing archives and seen the
same gripes from the other NAS vendors lists. Someone on the USR list
actually went as far as to recommend turning v.90 and k56 off alltogether
on Rockwell HCF, and LT Winmodems.

We have had our fair share of modem issues, and they HAVE gotten a little
better and worse with the various releases. Like someone said before,
there are 10000 modem manufactures and 4 NAS vendors. It seems to me that
you see the performance of X modem brands go up, and X modem brands go
down with each release.

Every problem we have expiereinced has been solveable with a little bit of
homework on the tech's end, and an init string or driver update. If it's
a big problem, setup a server the user can dial into with hyperterm, TAG
or Telegard on an old DOS machine, and hang a modem from it and put the
latest firmware on it to download.

You people with E1 timing issues and that, I am not directing this at you,
that is a known issue, and it does need resolved, but I do not buy the
whole "Lucent's modem code is the cause of ALL my problems" theory.

Please, kill the whining thread. Maybe someone should email lucent and
request a portmaster-whiners mailing list.

Jason

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Jason Slagle                        
Network Administrator - Toledo Internet Access - Toledo Ohio
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