Dave, at 09:36 on Jul 13 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

db> Retrains are enabled (%E1), and connections (once made) don't drop out.

BG> Using %E1 only allows your M34F to respond to retrain requests from the
BG> remote modem, but will not allow it to request a retrain itsself.  If
BG> your modem supports %E2...

db> Which it does...

So I noticed from you netmail.

BG> (which does permit this), you might like to try that instead.

db> ...cool;  I might give it a go later.  'til now, I've just left that option 
db> at the default

Nice to see that at least NetComm had the decency to make %E1 the default,
unlike Maestro (and quite a few others, which were %E0).

db> as I haven't had enough time to play with every option on the damn thing 
db> (they're multiplying with every new release .. I blame USR for starting 
db> this!).

You should actually be blaming Rockwell, and their insistence upon going
ahead with V.FC which is far too aggressive when negotiating a connect. 
Unlike the USRs, which start a bit lower if line probing indicates possible
problems, then almost instantly retrains upwards, V.FC works the other way,
and if retrains are disabled, the modems simply disconnect.

If you do use %E2, keep an eye on it, as some implementations are
apparently a little trigger happy, and tend to attempt to retrain far too
frequently.  Certainly much more often than the non-Rockwells modems do, at
least.

Regards, Bill
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