Re: (PM) Re: [jack.rickard@boardwatch.com]

Karl Denninger (karl@Mcs.Net)
Sun, 22 Feb 1998 17:12:34 -0600

S202=32 is well known at the tech desks of most ISPs, including ours, and is
recommended for *MOST* Rockwell firmware versions. It doesn't appear to
hurt any of them, even where it does no apparent good.

Of course, if you don't look in the FAQs, don't call tech support, and just
"hit and run" instead of actually getting service from someone, how would
you know?

You wouldn't.

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On Sun, Feb 22, 1998 at 01:11:53PM -0700, Jack Rickard wrote:
> So you deal with reports of difficulties from customers as they come in,
> and there is no visibility between V.34 calls?
> 
> S202=32 is news to me.  This is supposed to be obvious to end users?
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> ----------
> > From: Dick St.Peters <stpeters@NetHeaven.com>
> > To: Jack Rickard <jack.rickard@boardwatch.com>
> > Cc: Robert Boyle <robert@garden.net>; portmaster-users@livingston.com
> > Subject: Re: (PM) Re: [jack.rickard@boardwatch.com]
> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 1998 11:58 AM
> > 
> > Jack Rickard writes:
> > > So how do you count calls made from a K56flex modem, to a K56flex port,
> > > that result in a NON-PCM session - a V.34 session.  In other words, how
> to
> > > you differentiate between V.34 sessions from V.34 modems, and V.34
> sessions
> > > from  K56 modems that failed to establish a PCM session?
> > 
> > We don't.  We make PCM sessions work instead.  We have found every
> > case where flex PCM could not be made to work to be due to phone
> > issues - with the obvious exception of cases still in progress that
> > always exist with new users and new modems coming.
> > 
> > Making flex PCM work is usually pretty simple.  Most Rockwell modems
> > need an "S202=32" in their init strings to talk to the Lucent flex
> > modems in PM3s.  We've had case after case of users who couldn't
> > connect PCM until tech support (ours, Zoom's, Motorola's, whoever's)
> > told the user this.  For example,
> > 
> > Complaint to support:
> >     Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 00:45:31 -0500
> > 
> >     I was wondering why my connection to your service is so poor.  The
> best
> >     I can connect to your 223-0300 56flex line is 31200.
> > 
> > Response from support:
> >     Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 02:51:02 -0500
> > 
> >     and you'll have a place "Extra settings" to put in a modem init
> >     string.  Try this one:
> >             &F&K3S202=32W2
> > 
> > (We also asked him to try some of our other numbers.)
> > 
> > Response back from user:
> >     Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 16:48:38 -0500
> > 
> > 	This truly is black magic.  It seems to have solved my problem.
> > 
> >     		223-0300	48,48,50k
> >     		245-0300	48,50,48k
> >     		743-2620	46,46,48k
> >     		583-8150	50,52,50,52k tested extra, couldn't beleive the rate,  I'm
> almost tempted to keep using this one....
> >     		242-0300	48,52,50k
> > 
> > That's just one example - an unusually well-documented one, but this
> > happens time after time.  Long time ago we used to have to do a lot of
> > this kind of diddling for V.34 too - and for V.FAST before it.
> > 
> > When a single vendor controls both ends and sets the defaults the
> > same, you don't have implementation issues of this kind.  You also
> > don't have them once an interoperating critical mass has evolved for a
> > standard.
> > 
> > --
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