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From: haskins@s.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Hayes 2400 trouble
Message-ID: <206800002@s.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 24 Sep 88 04:09:00 GMT
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Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!haskins    Sep 23 23:09:00 1988



I just got a Hayes 2400 external modem for use at home.  It works fine at
2400 baud, no noise or any other trouble, BUT when I use it at 1200 baud
on a couple UNIX machines here, I get lines and lines of garbage and
usually have to hang up.  It usually doesn't start util I've been online
for about 30 seconds.  I thought it was line noise, but with an anonymous
1200 baud internal modem, I NEVER get any noise, and with a TEAM 1200
external, I hardly get any.  I guess that my phone lines aren't
the cleanest in the world, but I don't know why it's the Hayes box that's
the worst of the lot.  I know it's between the modem and the phone company
because when I get the garbage, RD lights up with it.

I tried another Hayes 2400 external, but the same thing happened.  I even
tried CCITT as well as Bell.

I'm using PibTerm 4.1.3 with the same config file for each modem.  I hope
this doesn't mean I have to go to a cheaper modem (snicker).

Anybody else have this problem, or have any ideas?

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Lloyd Haskins                  -- haskins@cs.uiuc.edu
Department of Computer Science -- University of Illinois