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RE: (ASCEND) USR I-Modem/Pipe75, this sucks...
I'm interested, to say the least, in your results. After working with
USR and Ascend for hours, I'm flat out dissappointed in mine.
Strange, but I had so much respect for Courier products beforehand.
Taylor Blackwell - Technical Support Engineer
taylor@ichat.com - (512)425-2277
ichat - http://www.ichat.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John T. Farmer [SMTP:jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 1998 11:00 PM
> To: ascend-users@max.bungi.com; taylor@ichar.com.bungi.com
> Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com
> Subject: Re: (ASCEND) USR I-Modem/Pipe75, this sucks...
>
>
> On Tue, 30 Dec 1997 09:02:41 -0600 Taylor Blackwell said:
> >
> >Well, I'm stumped. I cannot establish a working 128k connection into
> >the I-Modem from the Pipe75. It would appear my choice of terminal
> >adapters was wrong, and am now stuck with a 64k connection until I
> can
> >find a better solution, aka, buy a router with a WAN port built in to
> >dial into. For anyone who has cosidered buying USR I-Modems for
> inbound
> >128k connectoins, DON'T DO IT! THEY'RE AWFUL! USR even reports they
> >won't bond a 2nd B for at least 30 seconds after the first is opened.
> >So I have to wait for some time before even attempting to open the
> >second connection profile, which only connects to lose my route. If
> >ANAYONE out there has managed to get this combo to work successfully,
> >PLEASE get in touch with me. I'd like to hang on to this I-Modem for
> >outbound calls eventually, but right now, I'm forced to deal with it
> as
> >it is.
>
> Taylor Blackwell - Technical Support Engineer
> taylor@ichat.com - (512)425-2277
> ichat - http://www.ichat.com
>
> I'm not sure that this helps, but I do have bitSurfr's dialing into
> I-modems (hanging on a Computone) with little problem. Right now
> I'm digging into a performance issue (a 2B connection appears to be
> running only about 15% more bandwidth than a 1B connection...)
>
> I will be testing a Pipe50 into the I-modems around the end of January
> or start of February. (unless I buy a Max1800 I've been eying... so
> many choices, so little money...)
>
> I haven't been timing the time between first channel connect & 2nd
> add on, I don't think it's been running as long as 30 seconds. I do
> have the I-modems set to do MPP.
>
> John
>
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