sounds more like a problem with your ISP than a modem problem. If it's working fine except for large files, it's probably either your ISP or something in your system before it gets to the modem. Maybe you have set a limit on the size of a file that can be transferred. Check to see if there is such an option in your configuration file for the modem. Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix Chuck Hallenbeck staggered into view and mumbled: > Hi people, > > I am having a lot of trouble getting a software modem to work > reliably and I am suspicious that I am not using a complete init > string. If anyone has any experience with such things, I would > appreciate any suggestions. The present string I am using is: > > AT &F &C1 &D2 &K3 h0 > > and for the most part everything seems to work. That is, I can > dial up the ISP, send and receive mail, browse the web, and so > on. But whenever I try sending a large file from the system, > either by attaching it to an email message or by accessing the > system with sftp from another system, the file transfer starts > off okay and then I get a partial modem failure. I say partial > because the modem thinks it is still connected, and seems to be > receiving the carrier signal from the ISP, but it ceases to send > anything and just sits there. Short files work fine, but > attachments or file transfers of 100kb or more kill the > connection and leave the modem half functional every time. > > I have a manual for the modem listing all the initialization > codes, but I am not sure what else to try besides those I > mentioned above. This is the first time I have had any luck at > all with a software modem and it would be nice to get this little > piece of nastiness solved. > > The modem is a CONEXANT (formerly Rockwell) HSFi 56K Modem. The > documentation for the Linux driver says to watch out for > conflicts with AC'97 sound cards, which in fact this particular > system does have, but disabling the sound card by removing the > alsa modules from the boot sequence makes no difference. Same > error under the same conditions. > > Any help is greatly appreciated as always. Failing that, is > anyone using a software modem entirely successfully? and if so, > what brand and model? > > Thanks ... > > Chuck > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (93% of Full) > So visit me sometime at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
