home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!xenitec!zswamp!geoff
- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: ZyXEL: Fall Forward? Yes or No?
- Message-ID: <oi0cuB1w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 23:40:47 EST
- References: <rhoward.721069740@matd>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
- Lines: 20
-
- rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) writes:
-
- > I had someone tell me that the ZyXEL modems (the 1496E specifically)
- > did not support fall-forward if the line conditions improved.
- >
- > I have datasheet the implies that the modem has both fall-back and
- > fall-forward. Is this a relatively new addition or was this person
- > misinformed? (I am assuming the data sheet is correct.)
-
- *All* V.32bis modems must support fallback and fallforward requests.
- However, they are not obliged to honour them (i.e., they may refuse and insist
- on keeping the current speed), and they're certainly not obliged to *initiate*
- such a request.
-
- However, it would be a shame to have these wonderful capabilities in the
- spec but not in a modem's implementation.
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
- geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
- You're still young if your wallet is exhausted before you are.
-