Re: (PM) Can't limit USR modem

Craig Baird (bairdc@xpressweb.com)
Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:53:51 -0700

Hmmm... I'll give that a try. This isn't a winmodem (it's external),
but I'm willing to try anything at this point. Thanks!

Craig

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 14:37:52 -0600 (CST)
> From: Jeff Carlson <jcarlson@apex.net>
> To: Craig Baird <bairdc@xpressweb.com>
> Subject: Re: (PM) Can't limit USR modem
>
> The voice win modems use a different set of commands.
>
> n14= 28.8K
> n15= 31.2K
> n16= 33.6K
> n17= 33.3K
> n18= 37.3K
> n19= 41.3K
> n20= 42.6K
> n21= 44.0K
> n22= 45.3K
> n23= 46.6K
> n24= 48.0K
> n25= 49.3K
> n26= 50.6K
> n27= 52.0K
> n28= 53.3K
> n29= 54.6K
> n30= 56.0K
> n31= 57.3K
>
> Took us a while to figure this one out, but if you dig around enough on
> the 3com site you will find the info.
>
> Jeff Carlson
> Head of Technical Support
> Apex Internet Services
> (502)444-9060
> jcarlson@apex.net
>
> On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Craig Baird wrote:
>
> > Some of you may remember a few weeks back, I had a USR V.90 modem that
> > wouldn't take the &Nn init string to limit it's connect speed. Well
> > I've got another one now. This one's an external USR 56k voice faxmodem
> > pro (the one that's USB capable, although I'm just using it with the
> > standard RS-232 port). It's model # 00560500. It has the same
> > problem! I can put &Nn in Extra Settings to my heart's content, and it
> > never affects anything. I've been trying &N28, which should limit it to
> > 42666, but it keeps connecting at either 49,333 or 45,333 with
> > mega-retrains/renegs/disconnects. I also tried connecting with
> > Hyperterminal. I did a:
> >
> > AT&F1&N28
> > ATDT<phone number>
> >
> > with the same result--connect at 49,333. I can lock it at V.34, but I'd
> > rather lock it to a higher rate if possible.
> >
> > Since this modem had 5.98 firmware, I thought that this might be the
> > problem, so I found an 11/98 firmware update (ver. 4.9.2, I think), and
> > flashed the modem. Same problem, though. It just seems to ignore the
> > &N28. The only solution I've found is to lock it to V.34. Heck, I've
> > even tried the "+MS=..." inits a la Rockwell (of course, they didn't
> > work). Does anyone know what the deal is here? Did USR just leave out
> > the speed limiting features on certain firmware revs, or is there
> > another string besides &Nn that will accomplish this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Craig
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