Preventing 56K (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 02:17:08 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Paul C. Diem shaped the electrons to say...
>to 33.6K. We can modify RADIUS to check whether a user is authorized for
>56K when the Connect-Info string indicates a carrier higher than 33600.
>The problem is, what do we do if they aren't authorized for 56K? Return an

Before you do, see the 2.0.1 release notes.

>authorization failure? If so, the user will need to include an AT+MS...
>command in their modem init string to only allow it to negotiate 33.6K. If
>they dial other services with the same modem, they'll have to change the
>init string each time depending on whether they want to connect at 56K or

Yes.

>How are other ISP dealing with this? Is there a way to force the Lucent
>modems to re-negotiate a slower speed after the connection is already
>established?

As far as *I* know, you can't change from PCM signalling to V.34 signalling
on the fly. Once they get in with PCM, they're in with PCM or you hang up
on them.

And there is no way to tell the chips to force a lower speed.

-MZ

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