Albert Alcoceba wrote in a message to Colin Lean:

 AA>> Out of curiosity... are you trying to use the 33.6k in adaptive
 AA>> answering mode for receiving faxes?  If so I had the same problem
 AA>> and can tell you how to fix it.  If it is in data only mode I
 AA>> can't help.

 CL> I did not wish to use adaptive answer mode for FAXes, is that the
 CL> default setting. If so then I may need to change it.. My problem is
 CL> that I get a lot of resend retires which surprises me as I have 16550A
 CL> chips installed.

 AA> No it's not the default setting (and can't be as it's one of the
 AA> settings that cannot be stored in NVRAM).  It's just that the
 AA> action of the commands changed in the firmware upgrade to the one
 AA> that gives 33.6 and what you described was one of the symptoms of
 AA> using the 28800 commands in the 33600 version. 

I can see no reference to adaptive answer in the docs and you still havn't
mentioned how to use this command ... waiting in suspense mode :-)

Are you using a Roadster Model modem? 

Regards, 
           Colin      
 (Email Address: colin.lean{at}valley.apana.org.au) 
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