On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
> Sorry about the spam....but I need some quick feedback on what brand/model
> modem to try next. We have about 64 USR Sportsters and 58 Digicom rack
> ports. The sportsters are ok except that they seemed to lock up somewhat
> frequently (until we found an init string that seems to make them fairly
> resistant), but they still take up way too much space and have all those
> ugly transformers to plug in.
>
> The Digicom's started out nice, but are now locking up more frequently
> (avg of about 1 every other day) than the sportsters. I guess I should
> start plaing init string games with them...but Digicom hasn't been at all
> helpful in debugging things...not that USR ever was either. The Digicom
> is nice in port density, price, has really cool busy out jumpers on the
> back that I can plug a telco test set into the listen to the modems
> without disrupting the lines.
>
> For Sportsters, I'm using:
> init-chat "" ATZ4 OK AT&F1 OK ATS13=1S2=255S19=40S10=20S25=40E0&K3M0S12=0 OK
>
> For the Digicoms (which are Rockwell v..34 and v.34+):
> init-chat "" ATZ OK AT&F1 OK ATS2=255S95=11S30=240 OK
>
> I've used the sportsters for a few years but am relatively new to
> Rockwell. Can anyone suggest some init string black-magic that will make
> them reliable?
>
> If not, I need to get something else, and am trying to decide between USR
> MP stuff and the new Microcom ISPorte. I have to MP boxes at another POP,
> and they seem rock solid. How reliable have the ISPortes been so far?
>
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