Rod, at 09:32 on Feb 16 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Did my Sportster demand a retrain when you called it the other day ?

RS> Nope, only Couriers do, and only when the V32terbo is enabled.  Which does 
RS> sort of hint at some quirk in the USR V32terbo code since the Sportster 
RS> doesnt support that mode.

Could it also be something to do with the fact that USR have proprietarily
extended V.32ter to 21600, and it may be attempting to train upwards
following the initial 19200 connect ?

RS> There is a sort of rather warped logic there I suppose. As far as
RS> I can recall you cant fall forward from V32bis to V32terbo, you do
RS> need to do a retrain, and the 14400 achieved on the connect is certainly
RS> below the V32terbo speed. So it appears that even when the Courier has
RS> got a perfect V32bis connect every time, it just mindlessly demands an
RS> attempt to get V32terbo, even tho the other end doesnt support that.

Or it may even be related to USR's proprietary V.32bis
"fast-connect", which, I might add, works extremely well (as long
as you don't own an old Supra).  :)

RS> Its less clear why Ian doesnt see that behaviour with his DPX V32bis calls 
RS> tho.

To date, you're the only person who has reported this "problem". 
I wonder if you've bothered trying any other modems at all.  The results
would be extremely interesting, to say the least...

Regards, Bill

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