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echo: hs_modems
to: LAWRENCE MINTZ
from: JOSHA HAUBOLD
date: 1997-03-09 14:30:00
subject: %6K

JH>> BJ> An X2 host must have a digital connection on its side (ISDN BRI
JH>> BJ> or PRI,  T1, T3,
JH>> BJ> etc).  That narrows down the field.  One X2-capable analog modem
JH>> BJ> connected to
JH>> BJ> another X2-capable analog modem will _not_ negotiate an X2
JH>> BJ> session.
JH>> What if that digital connection is an inhouse network?
 LM> Two analog X2 client modems will *never* talk to each other at anything 
 LM> over V.34 speeds.  One end *must* be an X2 server *modem* (actually, a 
 LM> terminal adapter) and must be connected to an ISDN or other 56k digital 
 LM> line.
Ok. I kinda understood the part about two 56k clients connecting with 
each other, but I'm still not clear whether or not the server side will
need a special phone line (between the server and the client)
or not. (I guess that was what my origional question should have been).
-Josha
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