RE: Modem Retrains

Tom Samplonius (tom@sdf.com)
Mon, 25 Aug 1997 11:40:48 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Jaime Bozza wrote:

> when I dial in with Win95 ... The R:000a0000 I assume is from the Win95
> machine? I've noticed the same on all the other connections I just
> tested.
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> Now, Personally I've never had a connection problem, even with the new
> cards. Some of my customers are (I'm trying to get a list of models and
> firmware revisions from all of them) and if this is causing a problem, it
> would be great to see if there's a fix.
>
> Looking at it deeper, the async map is turning off CTRL-S and CTRL-Q,
> which are XON/XOFF ... Could software flow control be confusing something
> somewhere? That would certainly cause the modem to simulate a "lockup",
> which is what causes the eventual "Call Circuit Disconnect" to show up.

No. Win95 is trying to be safe. Just in case the modem is set for
software flow control, it escapes those characters.

> Jaime Bozza
> Nucleus Communications, Inc.
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Tom