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Re: My Microcom AX/9624c modem only connects at 2400 baud! :(

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From: Thor Lancelot Simon
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1992 19:32
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In article <3+1m5nn.bskendig@netcom.com> bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
>I just got a Microcom AX/9624c modem (which has a top speed of 9600
>baud, but it also supports MNP Class 5 so it can reach effective
>speeds of 19.2k baud).  But when I dial in to netcom, it only connects
>at 2400 baud!

If you just got an AX/9624, new, then I fear you've been had.  The AX/9624 uses
a half-duplex 9600bps protocol proprietary to Microcom, and won't connect at
9600 with anything but another 9624 or a 9600+.  It's obsolete.

-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon	 tls@panix.COM
  "Oh, you have wounded me!  I have very few prejudices, actually.  The
biggest problem is that I am intolerant of fools.  That is why I have
such a low tolerance level for Libertarians."  -- Jim McMaster
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From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon)
Subject: Re: My Microcom AX/9624c modem only connects at 2400 baud!  :(
Message-ID: <1992Aug9.193208.15957@panix.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1992 19:32:08 GMT
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