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RE: (ASCEND) Pipeline 15 Questions

56/64K:
If you are in Pac Bell land, you must dial 10 digits to get 64K, unless
you are connected to the same switch as the destination number is.
[Pretend it is long distance.]

Sorry, but I can't help you with Mac stuff.

Hope this helps,
Steve LaDuke

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Marcel Brown [SMTP:marcel@marcelbrown.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, March 28, 1998 10:29 AM
> To:	ascend-users@max.bungi.com
> Subject:	(ASCEND) Pipeline 15 Questions
> 
> I just got my ISDN line installed. I'm using a Pipeline 15 on a Power
> Macintosh 6100/66, using OT/PPP and the modem scripts installed with
> the
> latest version of the Pipeline 15 wizard. I'm connecting to my own
> Max4048
> server. The Pipeline appears to be working ok. In fact, I'm using it
> right
> now. However, I have a few questions and observations.
> 
> At first, I couldn't hang up and reconnect the Pipe. I had to cycle
> the
> power before reconnecting. I flashed the Pipe with the latest firmware
> (1.0.0) and that seemed to solve the problem. Anybody else seen this
> before?
> 
> Also, I appear to only be connecting at 56k instead of 64k. If I use
> both B
> channels, both still connect at 56k. I'm specifically using the 64k
> modem
> scripts that were supplied from Ascend, and they do appear to be using
> the
> correct commands (i.e. S68=64 and %A4=0). Other ISDN customers are
> connecting to my Max4048 at 64k, so I'm confident it's not the server.
> Could the quality of the wiring in my house cause the Pipe to use 56
> instead of 64? When the Telco guys were connecting the line to the
> outside
> box, they said that my internal wiring was not twisted pair and that
> my
> ISDN modem may or may not work with that kind of wiring. Obviously it
> works, but it's not doing 64k.
> 
> Finally, OT/PPP does not appear to support 230400 bps. The scripts set
> the
> serial port speed to 115200 by default. If I manually edit them to
> 230400,
> the modem won't dial out. Setting it back to 115200 lets the modem
> work
> again. I can use Zterm at 230400 with the Pipe, so I don't think it's
> the
> modem or the cable. Does anybody have any information on OT/PPP's
> serial
> port speed capabilities? Has anyone used SerialSpeed 230 with
> noticible
> results?
> 
> If there are any Mac users out there with Pipeline 15's, I'd love to
> hear
> your experiences.
> 
> Thanks,
> Marcel
> 
> 
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