Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 17:29:28 +0000 (GMT) From: pumpkin@uk.pi.net To: Leonard Chua <lenc@earth.infinetconsulting.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: reliable modems? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970113172719.499A-100000@Zero-Cool.Hades.Org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970112144716.16061A-100000@earth.infinetconsulting.com>
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On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Leonard Chua wrote: > Does anyone out there have or know of a list of reliable modems? > By reliable, I mean modems which have the least compatibility problems, > especially when negotiating with other vendors' modems. My understanding > (which is probably wrong, so feel free to correct me, thanks) is that > even tough a vendor claims to support standard (e.g V42bis), it may not > always work with another vendor's 'same' standard (i.e. V42bis again). > Probably one (or both) of them is only supporting a subset of the standard. > > On a side note, M$N claims to have modems that are _guaranteed_ to work > with any modem in the market. Applause or Flame'em? > > Len. > > How about the US Robotic Courier (deff. not the Sportsters) modems.. they support just about every protocol under the sun and are nicely upgradable. They're nice in a rack-mount config too - 4 modems to a card with the Total Control hubs - although the Windows management software sucks eggs (I use Telnet to manage them rather than that piece of rubbish). Yours - Scot. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Scot Elliott | Please note that any opinions | | MEng Computing IV. | expressed are mine, and not those | | Imperial College, London | of the department or college. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | e-mail: s.elliott@ic.ac.uk | IRC nick: PlumbrBoy | | pumpkin@uk.pi.net | "You are everything in my fridge" | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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