From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 22 19: 6:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from www.cyfari.com (www.cyfari.com [63.70.68.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1897914C1A for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 19:06:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from naief@cyfari.com) Received: (qmail 25347 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2000 03:08:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO naief.cyfari.com) (208.193.65.11) by www.cyfari.com with SMTP; 23 Jan 2000 03:08:14 -0000 Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:05:13 -0500 From: Naief BinTalal To: Soren Dayton Cc: Majid Almassari , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Making a 56K Modem Pool Message-ID: <20000122220513.A72118@cyfari.com> References: <015d01bf6544$086547e0$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com> <86d7qtiknk.fsf@polo.overx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <86d7qtiknk.fsf@polo.overx.com>; from dayton@overx.com on Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 08:31:11PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 08:31:11PM -0600, Soren Dayton wrote: > "Majid Almassari" writes: > > > Soren Dayton wrote in message > > news:86u2k5io06.fsf@polo.overx.com... > > > > > Does someone know what's going on here (or know of a pointer to that > > > kind of information)?  I just don't understand what the issues are, > > > and I'm going to need to understand these to buy new modems, phone > > > lines, etc. > > > > Unfortunately there is nothing that you can do about it except calling the > > phone company and complain about noise so they can dispatch a technician to > > check the wiring in your location at least. Remote testing based on Signal > > to Noise ratios are not that accurate anyway. There might be wiring problems > > in your location that a phone tech can determine (like a cross-over > > wiring-Phone guys know this better that I do?). If everything is OK then you > > are basically limited and need to switch to a different Technology such as > > ISDN, XDSL, Cable,...etc. > > Hmm. Either I don't understand your answer, or I asked the question > badly. The setup is two analog modems talking to each other. Both > can separately achieve ~51k connections on their respective phone > lines to various 56k services (such as USR's 56k test line and various > Chicago ISPs). However when connecting to each other, they always get > 33k. One explanation is that one is configured to max out at 33k in > one direction. > > The USR/3com guy said, basically, that this is true. BUT also that > there are funny protocol issues that require that one of the modems be > in a "server mode" and speak a "server protocol". And that these > kinds of devices only come in ISDN flavors (thus requiring digital > lines, etc) > > So my question: is this true? What's the story? What are references > that I can look at? > Yes it's true, your modem's upstream speed is only 33K. Why? Don't worry about! ... OK if you insist go to http://v90.com :) Cheers, Naief BBTG > Does this disagree with what you are saying? Does it agree? Did I > state the question clearly enough? > > THANKS, > Soren > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ------------------------------------------------------- Naief BinTalal | naief@cyfari.com ------------------------------------------------------- "A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral" -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery ------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message