Re: (PM) Compaq Presario 56k Modems

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 22:07:37 -0700 (MST)

Yeah.. commas shouldn't need to be used in anything beyond those 14.4k
modems which tried to connect to the v.8 k56flex noise.

Try this web site:

(The new Compaqs have the Lucent LT 56k modems AFAIK which you can get a
download for below.. HP's use them too)

http://www.hp-at-home.com/main_p/Hp-at-home/service/k56/56kmodem_US_DL.html

- Steve
- Systems Manager
- Community Internet Access, Inc.
- Gallup and Grants, New Mexico

On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, David Glynn wrote:

> At 10:20 PM 11/25/97 -0600, you wrote:
> >Not sure what it is yet, but the Compaq's 56k modem doesn't connect at the
> >higher speeds. I've watched them too, if you put three commas after the
> >number it will connect at 33,600 but never anything above that.
>
> Doesn't the three commas keep it from hearing the 56k tone at the beginning
> of the negotiation? I would think that would pretty effectively prevent
> anyone from gettng 56k connections. We only use the commas kludge with
> older modems that freak out when they hear a tone they (not surprisingly)
> have no response to, and then faill to negotiate at all.
>
>
>
> David Glynn
> dglynn@mathware.com
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