Multilink PPP & RFC 1717 (fwd)
Stephen Fisher
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, MegaZone wrote:
> Once upon a time Stephen Fisher shaped the electrons to say...
> >What!? The PM3 has supported 33.6k for a *long* time.. as of ComOS 3.5c2.
> >The only fallback is that the max it gets at this time is 33.6k sending
> >and 31.2k receiving. This should be fixed with the Lucent cards next week
>
> Here on the list we know enough to put it in context. Well, those of us
> who have been here for a while do -I know new foks can get confused.
>
> But, unless I'm the confused one this time, officially we still support
> 28.8. Yes, the current code can do 33.6K - sometimes it even hits it
> bidirectional - but not reliably. So we weren't claiming it.
I worded that wrong, knew it once I got to bed. I realize that Livingston
does not support/guarantee 33.6k speeds but it is possible with the
current code.
> But you are also correct that the new modem cards are the real 33.6K
> solution. Sinve *everyone* should be upgrading (if you haven't
> registered, go to the web and do so), and the old cards will not be
> developed for further, that's the best move.
Can't wait....:)
- Steve
- Systems Manager
- Community Internet Access, Inc.
- Gallup and Grants, New Mexico
MegaZone
Once upon a time David Matthews shaped the electrons to say...
>I don't want to start a flame over semantics of RFC's, only to further
>explain what I meant. What you quote above doesn't quite tell the whole
>story nor does it convey the context of the General Overview section of any
>RFC for those who are not familiar with reading them.
Well, all I can say is we disagree on interpretation. We do not agree that
the wording of the RFC requires a NAS to support it on all interfaces to
be RFC compliant - and remember, Brian Lloyd, one of the RFC authors, works
for Livingston now.
The RFC only indicates that a NAS *can* do such, not that it must - that is
how we read it. Also note that Ascend also had MP on ISDN only (I think
thye recently added itto modems too), and I believe Cisco did (maybe still
does). This is not an interpretation we are alone in making.
I am sorry for the confusion.
>this year). Anyway, here's the reference to the PM3 FAQ that states that
>the PM3 supports 33.6's. Megazone, if you have any influence over the
>changing of this misleading online information, can you see what you can
>do?
>
>http://www.livingston.com/Marketing/Products/pm3qa.shtml#13
>
>. . . .
>Q. Does the PM3 support 33.6Kbps modem?
>
>A. Yes.
I'll see about yanking that.
-MZ
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