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In article <E0MJqv.18E@giskard.demon.co.uk>,
Dale Shuttleworth <dale@giskard.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Andrew Gebbie (Andrew@gebbie.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> : Mike@firedome.demon.co.uk (Mike Myers) wrote:
> : 
> : > I get 1 decent connect in
> : > about 10 which just fail at the V34/+ negotiate and sits there
> : > scwealing at me. :( I wish I had not have bothered getting onto my
> : > telephone company to get the 0845 number on :)
> : >
> : > Comments? Suggestions?
> : 
> : Try S54=96 somewhere in your modem initialisation.  This will give you
> : a maximum 31.2K connection, but it may be more reliable.  S54=64 is
> : the default value and the one you need for 33.6 connections, but (as
> : you found out) relies on having good line quality.
> 
> I would have said "relies on the Ascends behaving correctly" rather than
> "good line quality".  The Ascends have a fault which it appears may be
> triggered by a slightly noisy line, this is a fault with the Ascend,
> not the line.

Actually, it's looking more and more like a fault in the USR choosing
a symbol rate which the negotiations didn't suggest was a good
idea. Hence reports of improved connectivity after upgrading the USRs
with later revisions of firmware.