On Saturday 02 June 2007 04:16, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > On Friday 01 June 2007 23:24, Dale wrote:
> > As far as I can > > figure they say that you should have correction control and compression > > enabled on your modem. Can yours do that? > > This thing has a ton of options in it. But I think the above may be the > issue we are having. Dig out the manual from your bottom draw or the Internet and see how you can tweak compression On. > > Not withstanding the above, your modem only sends packets but seems to > > receive nothing back from your ISP. Have you changed the serial port, or > > the serial cable, or the serial connector/adaptor to the modem? If you > > have by mistake used a null modem as opposed to a straight through RS-232 > > serial cable the connection is unlikely to work (properly). > > > > Do you have another modem to try it with? > > Yup, I do have another modem that is a Diamond SupraExpress 56e PRO. It > works for my bro but not for me. It doesn't even work with my current > ISP. It tries to connect at 115K which is more like a serial port > speed. It seems to be confused, as am I right now. You can define connection speed through kppp (although I think this is the speed between the PC and the modem). Some AT command will tell the modem how fast to try to connect (more digging for a manual here). > This is what I am thinking about getting. I had this before it got hit > by lightening. > http://www.discountsales.com/shop/pub/1153574702_1177517624.htm I am > pretty sure it worked too. I know it did for my current ISP but I think > I used his ISP a few times too. I'm pretty sure this works with Bell > South. Your thoughts??? My thoughts are: a)These days slow ADSL connections are charged as much as dial up Internet connections (in the UK it's either 'free' if you buy it as a bundle with a telephone service, or as little as £10, say $9.50 a month) - check out what BellSouth or other ISPs offer in your area. b)BellSouth's website recommends specific modems with V.92 spec: Zoom Conexant: Model Number 3049C Zoom Lucent: Model Number 3049L Creative Labs: Modem Blaster V.92 Serial Try one of those (especially if they are hardware modems, not softmodems) aand see how much they may be selling for (thrown away) in ebay. If these are only softmodems then google to find out what chip they have to see if there are Linux drivers for it (I'm very happy with ltmodem, not so happy with linuxant). c)If all else fails go for an Actiontec EX560LKA which is a true external hardware modem. Not sure what the one you are showing is and what software drivers it might need. -- Regards, Mick
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