Re: (PM) PM3 & 56k modems in Europe

Christer Olsson (cox@clavicula.mednet.gu.se)
Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:03:28 +0100 (MET)

On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Jukka Pakkanen wrote:

> Christian Gatti wrote:
> >
> > I am very interested in hearing how good
> > or bad the new 56k modems perform in europe
> > on EuroISDN PRI switches.
> >
> > Is the ADMIN/DOWN bug also present here
> > with COMOS 3.7.1c1?
>
> We have few modems in dows state every now and then,
> but set mx off, set mx on resets them fine. The real
> problem is the obvious incompatibility with several modems
> brands and models. Many V.32bis and K56 modems just refuse
> to talk to the new modems. Either there's no connection at
> all, or it is 1200 or 2400bps. Interesting is that "sh mx"
> says that there are usually no "Connection Failures" at all,
> like there used to be a few, but ther are lots of "Modem
> detects" errors instead.

I've also seen that. The most common brands in Sweden doesn't work well
with PM3 (US Robotics and Aceex). That's a big problem so I really don't
recommend upgrading modemcards before these problems is solved.

(we're still running our old modemserver with USR sportsters and can
therefore let our users use the old server until problems is fixed)

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