From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 3 08:59:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA20001 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 08:59:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linus.intrastar.net (root@linus.intrastar.net [206.136.25.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA19987; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 08:59:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fixed.intrastar.net ([10.0.0.10]) by linus.intrastar.net (8.8.7/LinusIntrastarNet) with ESMTP id KAA00716; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 10:59:06 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709031559.KAA00716@linus.intrastar.net> Reply-To: From: "Jacob Suter" To: "Kevin Eliuk" , "FreeBSD-questions" , "FreeBSD-ISP" Subject: Re: Problem connecting to K56Flex PM-3 Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:00:11 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1162 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > The ISP that I subscribe to and I are having trouble > understanding why I cannot connect to there upgraded > Portmaster 3 K56Flex with my Taicom (cheap) MU32PV 14.4 > internal UMC V.32bis/FAX/VOICE MODEM, S/W Ver 6.05/ V1.0-A. In my experience all 'cheap' (read: 'low quality components') modems have compatability problems. 'cheap' modems usually have problems handling odd things (I'm sure the kflex modem tone-up is a bit different), and it just hoses the modem and you don't get the results you want to... I've personally had this problem with every modem since a 2400... Cheaper in price generally doesn't mean its less expensive :) >From my experience, Supra has been my best modems yet, but I haven't tried to use kflex (our switch is a real classic - DMS-10, with plenty of its own problems causing us not to be able to use it), but I'd suspect they would be making a quality kflex capable modem pretty cheap. Good luck, Jacob Suter Intrastellar Internet Service