Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!ron.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: 9600 V.32 Keywords: v.32 Message-ID: Date: 28 Apr 89 12:36:35 GMT References: <13660@steinmetz.ge.com> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 40 We have been evaluating V.32 modems, we still have a couple that are supposedly on their way to us for evaluation, but these are the ones we have tried... AT&T Multitech UDS Penril We have found no interoperation prolems with these at the V.32 level. The AT&T is a big intelligent thing that was loaned to us, and hence we didn't really consider it. The UDS V.32 we tested is their early, V.32-only product. We've got several of these in near faultless operation on both dialup and leased line use. It doesn't support MNP or any of the slower modem protocols. The thing can be dialed through the ATDT commands or programmed through a LCD memu thing on the front of the modem. UDS has a more expensive modem out now that does support the the slower modem protocols. Multitech makes a modem that looks just like their 2400 baud product but it supports V.32. It is the closest thing to the traditional hobbiest modem (just a few blinking lights and the Hayes command set). It was the cheapest of the ones we've tested so far. The Penril, likewise, is a very nice unit. It also has the full range of modem services up to V.32 and features a nice little front panel configuration menu that you can use in addition to or in lieu of the HAYES style commands. It is very similar in appearance to their recent 9600 baud leased line/dial backup syncronous modems. We've tested all these modems against each other, and the ones that claim MNP and lower speed protocols we tested against our existing VADIC and MICROCOM dialins. So far we haven't found any incompatibilities. We've also called the TYMNET V.32 dialins (which I believe someone mentioned were Concords). We didn't bother to test V.32 modems with list prices greater than $1500. Other V.32 modems out that we know about are the Telebit 2500 and the Digicom. The Telebit 2500 modem is essentially their Trailblazer Plus modem with the additional guts for V.32. The Digicom has a very low price. We weren't able to test these yet because we were unable to get a demo unit yet. We also didn't test the Hayes, because others who had tested it out had pointed out that it wasn't really V.32 compatible. -Ron