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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: Compatability problem? (Hayes V-Series & Intel Satisfaxtiob 400e)
- References: <16NOV92.14294945@vax.clarku.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:16:36 GMT
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- lfinkelstein@vax.clarku.edu writes:
- >Here at my office we do daily file transfers (text files) with one of our
- >clients. They have one of the Hayes V-Series modems. I don't remember which
- >one, but it is a 9600 modem. We have been using a 2400 modem that came with
- >the computer, but decided to speed things up. So, I went and bought an Intel
- >SatisFaxtion 400e v32.bis 14.4. I used the Intel to connect to my local
- >Internet site at 14.4 with no problem, but whenever we connect with the client
- >the connection drops to 2400 baud immediately. I called intel, and they blame
- >Hayes, saying that the V-Series modems aren't using the v32 standard.
-
- >Now, my question. Is there anyway at all to make these 2 modems connect at
- >9600 baud, or did my company just blow $500 on a useless modem?
- >(Not really useless, we will be able to use it with other clients eventually,
- >but that's not the point)
- *----
- If you got the Hayes modems with the proprietary protocol, then yes,
- you blew $ 500 on useless modems. But you got a couple years use out
- of them, didn't you?
- --
- Mike Berger
- Internet berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
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