From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 4 21:50:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from atlas.usls.edu (atlas.usls.edu [202.47.133.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CDB537B933 for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:49:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from francis@usls.edu) Received: by atlas.usls.edu (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C5E219B22; Sat, 5 Aug 2000 12:49:38 +0800 (PHT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by atlas.usls.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B91945D04; Sat, 5 Aug 2000 12:49:38 +0800 (PHT) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 12:49:38 +0800 (PHT) From: "Francis A. Vidal" To: "Forrest W. Christian" Cc: FreeBSD ISP Subject: Re: V.90 modems (Was: Cyclades Z series vs. Cisco 2600) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ---- Quoting Forrest W. Christian's message, sent 08/04/00 1:01pm ---- > > What other tweakings (to the router) do you do to maximize the modems > > on the ISP end? > > I don't necessarily know of any resources for you, but I just > wanted to make sure you were aware that in order to get 56K > connections, you MUST either use a ISDN or T1 (or other digital > method) from the modem to the switch. Thanks for the reminder. > If you have one standard 56K modem call another, the most you are > going to get is 33.6. This is one of the reasons I recommended > the Portmaster. If you were looking for a 56K solution, there is > a whole different set of solutions. My problem is: I can't connect higher than 28.8. I'll try disabling V.90 and use V.34 and see if the connection improves. Do you have init strings that I can use? -- francis vidal university of st. la salle, bacolod city, philippines . . . . . . . PGP key available via e-mail / subject: get PGP key u s l s N E T tel nos. (+63.34).433.3526 / fax (+63.34).434.0415 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message