-=> Quoting Bill Grimsley to Meng-Shi Lim <=-

 BG> Yes, very.  Some Rockwell chipsets have poor implementations of both
 BG> V.42 and  the 3429 symbol rate, and are both fixable in firmware.  For
 BG> example, I quite often see 28800/NONE connects when calling one
 BG> particular Rockwell with my Courier, but disabling the V.42 detect
 BG> phase (and forcing LAPM) solves this problem.  If calling Hayes
 BG> Optimas, I have to disable the 3429 symbol rate in order to connect at
 BG> 28800 as well.  Not all V.34 modems are created equal. 
 ML> that lasted for hours but most times I get a 26400 LAP-M v42bis that would 
 ML> drop off after minutes.

Could you please explain to me what the 3429 symbol rate is? I can't
find any reference of this in the mannual.

 BG> Does the speed simply drop off, or do you actually lose carrier?  If
 BG> the latter, one of the modems has likely had its retraining ability
 BG> disabled. 

Lose carrier. I'll ask my ISP what their set up is.

Thanks for the reply BTW.

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