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Re: Modem INIT strings affecting success rate with Ascends

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From: David English
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00
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To summarise:

In article <821049446snx@holly.demon.co.uk>, Mark Rogers
<mcr@holly.demon.co.uk> writes
>I reached this conclusion through a number of tests with varying INIT 
>strings (I won't bore anyone with the full details of the tests); suffice 
>to say that using AT&F fails, and AT&F&C1 does not (both work with the 
>USR modems). Adding &C1 to the failing string posted previously makes it 
>work, and removing it from the working string makes it fail.

>"FAIL" means that the modems connect okay, and login (including display 
>of motd), but then nothing else happens. In such cases, the KA9Q "ppp 
>sl0" command reports "LCP listening - waiting for remote host to attempt 
>open".

>Once again, I am prepared to carry out more tests if required, but 
>hopefully there is something for those in the know to work with here. If 
>the relevant person/people at Demon have read this, can they let me know; 
>otherwise could someone tell me who that person/those people would be and 
>I'll copy this to them by mail.

Tell Jim Seagrave, jes@demon.net .  He isn't there at the modent, but I
am sure he will be interested on his return.

>I repeat that the &C1 setting for my Zoom modem is not necessary for the 
>USRs, and is *not* the default (for this modem at least), which would 
>possibly help to explain why a number of people have problems connecting 
>to the Ascend modems. 

-- 
Dave English, T U R N P I K E  Ltd
250/256 High Street, DORKING, Surrey, UK. RH4 1QT
My other computer's a brain
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From: David English <DavidE@turnpike.com>
Subject: Re: Modem INIT strings affecting success rate with Ascends
Date: 1996/01/08
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