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In article <848850335snz@alcarg.demon.co.uk>, Al Cargill wrote:
>Hi
>
> I was getting a dead connection with my Supra 28800 with Ascends, ie 
> the connection was made as far as the MOTD and then no further.  
> With the help of a fellow Supra user I flash upgraded the BIOS and 
> made sure all my setup strings etc were OK - still no joy.  In a 
> moment of inspiration I tried using a USR comms card that I had put 
> to one side when I got a motherboard with on board serial ports and 
> this solved the problem.  Don't know why but this problem didn't 
> show up with "normal" Demon modems.

Most likely down to the way IPCP and LCP negotiation take place.
Lost characters are far more critical here (and at the initial
login chat) than at an any other time. Using a non-16550 serial
port you were almnost certainly losing characters if running any
higher than 9600 bps serial port speed.
I expect the timing of the exchanges with the USR/Sun combinations
was probably slow enough for it to work for you, whilst the Ascneds
are faster.

>So if you are having problems with the Ascends this might just be a 
>solution?

All the FAQs recommend 16550-based serial pors (as is the USR comms
card)

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