Re: (PM) Speed dropping again after 3.8b15

CYGNET Support (support@granite.cyg.net)
Fri, 1 May 1998 08:20:58 -0400 (EDT)

I have seen this behavior on 3.8b13 also. Only after long periods on line
and with little activity.

Eugene

On Fri, 1 May 1998, Irve Towers wrote:

> I have 3 different brands of Flex modems, all with at least 1.20 level of
> firmware. When I installed ComOS 3.7 , I began experiencing a condition
> where all of these modems would connect initially at 44000+ but over a few
> hours would drop the speed to 24000. The calling end would show the
> original rate of connect but the PM3 shows 24000 after the spiral down.
> ComOS 3.7.2C3 fixed this behavior.
> ComOS 3.8b15 broke it again. This same spiralling down from 44000+ speed to
> 24000 is occurring again. The drop occurs after several hours of connect
> time. It's not an illusion, file transfers bear up the 24000 speed.
> The Zoom external has a 56k led and a V.34 led on the panel. when the speed
> drops, the 56k led goes off and the V.34 led comes on.
>
> THIS IS NOT A TYPO!!
>
> Speeds are dropping from 46000 (mostly) to 24000 after a few hours. The
> time has been as short as 2 hours.
>
> SHOW PORT
> ----------------------- Current Status - Port S1 ---------------------------
> Status: ESTABLISHED
> Input: 54464886 Parity Errors: 0
> Output: 267567904 Framing Errors: 0
> Pending: 0 Overrun Errors: 0
> Modem Status: DCD+ CTS+
>
> Active Configuration Default Configuration
> -------------------- ---------------------
> Port Type: Netwrk Netwrk (Dial In & Out) (Security)
> Baud Rates: 24000 64000,64000,64000
> Flow Control: RTS/CTS RTS/CTS
> Modem Control: on on
>
> Remote Host: thehub4.knight-hub.com thehub.knight-hub.com
> Netmask: 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0
> Interface: ptp1 (PPP,Quiet,VJ-Comp)
> Mtu: 1500 1500
> Async Map: L:00000000 R:000a0000 00000000
> Dial Group: 0
>
> SHOW MODEM
> Card Type: Lucent Chipset
> State: READY
> Chars Sent: 249205877
> Chars Received: 57471707
> Retrains: 0
> Renegotiations: 0
>
> Total Calls: 119
> Modem Detects: 115
> Good Connects: 115
>
>
> Digitally yours,
> Irve Towers
> The Hub Internet Services - Washington DC - http://www.knight-hub.com/
> Alternate e-mail -> support@knight-hub.com -> webmaster@knight-hub.com
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