On Wednesday 06 December 2000 05:03 am, you wrote: > > I just purchased a 3Com US Robotics 56K Faxmodem (V.90 and x2). My > Mandrake 7.2 installation finds the modem and connects with it but > connection is at 26400 baud. > > It is not the phone lines because my old 33K modem (that it is supposed to > replace) connects at 115000. Could it be that the v.90 and x2 protocols > need to be installed under linux and have not? There is no linux mentioned > on the CD that came with the modem. Jeff, For what it's worth, 56K modems will connect at a lower speed than 33.6K modems if there is an incompatibility (as there usually is) in the ISP's modem bank. It seems that ALL of the ISP's in this area have modem banks that will revert to the V.34 spec's if they are unable to establish a good connect with V.90. I suspect that this is your problem. I have been scrounging 33.6 hardware modems anywhere I can find them because both my Linux and Winderz boxes connect faster and more reliably when using them. -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services Payette, Idaho (208) 642-7101 (888) 642-7101 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.nwaa.com
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