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From: Oleg Okunev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 12:44 AM
Subject: USR 56K external
>Hello!
>
>Sorry if this is offtopic, but the manual that comes with the modem
>is written for Windows users (no commands list, switches description,
>etc. - good for nothing.)
>
>The problem is, when I try to use it, I consistently get ftp/hhtp
>download rates about 200 B/s. So I swear at my provider and
>sites on the routes, then plug in my old 28.8 internal, and get
>about 3 KB/s... (not once, so it does not seem to be a coincidence). I
>can communicate with the USR modem through minicom, and there are no
>visible delays, so it does not appear to be an IRQ/setserial/...
>problem).
>
>Anyone has experience with this modem? An init string trick? PNP?
>Or is it no good for Linux at all? (Well, perhaps my provider does not
>support X2/ITU56K, but could this be a reason to work so much slower
>than the old 28.8?)
>
I have had this same experience actually. To make it even stranger, I have
had it work and not work using the "same" setup. At home, I connected the
modem to my com1 port and set linux up to use it. It only managed about 50
to 200 bytes a second. I tried quite a bit of tinkering, but nothting ever
changed its speed. Like you, I have an internal 33.6 modem that did just
fine. However, here at work I have the same 56k external USR modem working
well at 6-7Kb per second. Quite nice actually. I can see no difference in
/proc/pci /proc/interrupts or in the modem init strings or dip switch
settings. The only thing that seems different is the motherboards involved.
Perhaps this modem is having trouble with the onboard com ports on the
motherboards. If you have any luck, or anyone else knows whats up.. let me
know..
Jeff Hogg
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