Subj : Re: dialup problems To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: dialup problems Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 04:25:22 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 89 Message-ID: References: <4guk0dlh6o7unn70mmc9obbvc024msfri3@4ax.com> <1fio0d9pouhfijehel9a2ludovp9p1a6n5@4ax.com> <1q2p0d5oflvfpdld8gdg8qcaoms09v1jgi@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134581 On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:37:02 -0500, Paul wrote: >International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - a standards body. > >******* > >Shotgunning, combines the bandwidth of two modems. >It's not practical, and is some kind of sad joke. > >Teaming, is the same idea, with two NICs on a computer. >Generally the NICs are identical (as the teaming software >is provided by the manufacturer of the chip, and selling >a second one is in their best interests). > >On ADSL, MLPPP is the teaming of multiple ADSL connections. >My ISP will sell you up to 7 ADSL connections, for seven times >the monthly price. > >In some cases, the lunacy might make sense, but most >of the time, it doesn't. In some cases, you don't >get to combine the bandwidth into a single IP connection, >and must use a multi-connection downloader software >to get the enhanced transfer rate from a single site. > >******* > >There were two "camps" of chip makers. One camp made K56 solutions. >The other made X2 solutions. > >Rockwell was the K56Flex camp. Rockwell spun off its chip making >portion as Conexant. Towards the end of this web page, it >suggests Conexant still owns the data modem business. > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conexant > >The datapump version of Conexant chips is possibly called "ACF". >Some of this info, is needed on the Linux side, for setting >up modems, and otherwise we might not have got any >taxonomy info at all. > >http://modemsite.com/56k/rockacf.asp > >This is a picture of my Diamond MultiMedia Supra brand modem, >with a Rockwell chip inside (making it K56Flex). > > Supra was bought by DiamondMM (1995). This product was > made some time in 1998 maybe. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supra,_Inc. > >Main chip RCVDL56ACFW/SP ACF = single chip modem w. datapump > Rockwell 1998 Week 8 >CY7C109-15 Static RAM for processor >Atmel AT49F020 Flash EEPROM (reprogrammable) > >(213,951 bytes) >https://s8.postimg.org/459vr7nz9/Diamond_Supra_ACF.jpg > >The question then is, how do we track down a list of >ACF modems ? They might not be the only flavor of K56Flex. > >Another supplier of ACF might be Creative. > >******* > >This is the only list I found so far. And of course, >it doesn't sound like the year 2017 here. Some of the >text strings hint at K56 or ACF. HCF is not the same thing >(probably a softmodem of some sort). There are also X2 modems >mixed into this lot. > >http://xmodem.org/modems/extlist.html > > Paul This gets very complicated and confusing to me. To sum it up, from what you said, it seems like there is V90 / 92 and K56 Flex. The two basic options. Since my Sportsters have never given me a decent connection using XP, I want to try something else. Since the Sportsters are V90/92, I assume I need to try the K56Flex. Is that correct? This Supra Express modem says it has BOTH the V90 and K56Flex. Is that a good choice for me, or is there something better (another brand)? What should I be looking for? Model numbers will help a lot more than all this highly technical info. I cant see what chip is being used when I look at modems on ebay or whereever. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .