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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: direct connection of two dte devices
Keywords: modem, direct connections
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.022927.19656@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 02:29:27 GMT
References: <129281@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
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In <129281@pyramid.pyramid.com> lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell) writes:

>IF, and it's a big IF, your two modems support a Leased Line
>mode, it is fairly simple to connect them together.  You will
>need a standard RJ-11 extension cord and a pair of cutters,
>soldering iron etc.   

>The problem is that the Xmit and Rcv leads are swapped in the
>telco network......

This presupposes that "leased line" == "2 pair/4 wire leased
line", when in fact lots of modems have {2 wire} leased line modes
that disable dropout on carrier loss, dial tone detect, and may
also swamp the input to allow higher signal levels.

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