LD> In my m34f at least disabling retraining or speed shifting 
LD> will not resultin them being rejected if requested by the 
LD> remote modem.  

 DD> Then, they're NOT disabled.  Maybe you've disabled 
 DD> yours from REQUESTING a retrain, but it certainly 
 DD> sounds like it honours those requested from the 
 DD> other end.

Yes, that is exactly what I've written.
 
LD> I'm connected to a Courier now,  it's happily 
LD> retraining and speed shifting over the noisy line.  If I 
LD> enable the retrain/rate change with %E1/2 then my modem will 
LD> start sending requests to the Courier to retrain or shift, 
LD> as well as receiving requests from the Courier.

 DD> And if you instruct your modem to not retrain the 
 DD> courier will hang up in disgust as soon as a request is refused.

I'm not disbelieving you.
 
The original question was about having retraining 'enabled',  and after the
Courier owners jumped in with their response it was queried why is it
obviously this way,  given the different possibilities.
 
The Courier has defined 'retrain disabled' to mean reject remote request.
My modem and others has defined 'retrain disabled' to mean accept remote
request but not initiate request.
 
Having the Courier hang up 'in disgust' seems to be quite illogical
compared to the way my modem handles it.
 
 
Ludi.
ludi{at}triode.net.au

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