Is there anything for installing drivers on windows 11? I've tried the XP/2K drivers that work under windows 10 32 bit, supposed windows 7 drivers that
were a mac image of a cd and supposed windows 10 64 bit drivers that weren't identified. I've got this working on my windows 10 32 bit system, but want
it on a windows 11 system as I'm not using that IP address to connect to my
bbs and would be able to identify dial-up users from sexpots from that
system.

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Shurato wrote to All <=-

Is there anything for installing drivers on windows 11? I've tried the XP/2K drivers that work under windows 10 32 bit, supposed windows 7 drivers that were a mac image of a cd and supposed windows 10 64 bit drivers that weren't identified. I've got this working on my windows
10 32 bit system, but want it on a windows 11 system as I'm not using
that IP address to connect to my bbs and would be able to identify
dial-up users from sexpots from that system.

Must be an internal "WinModem", eh?

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.



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Must be an internal "WinModem", eh?

No, external USB modem. Thats the same issue I had when I had my dialup line last year. But I am on Win7, so it worked.

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.

Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

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On 13 Sep 2026, Exodus said the following...

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.

Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

there are lots of new motherboards that come with serial ports. just no cable bracket to bring the connector out to the case. those are fairly cheap on eBay though

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Exodus wrote to Gamgee <=-

Must be an internal "WinModem", eh?

No, external USB modem. Thats the same issue I had when I had my
dialup line last year. But I am on Win7, so it worked.

Oh. Didn't know there was such a thing as a USB modem. Sounds like
it's in the same category as a WinModem, maybe.

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.

Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

That's certainly true. They do make USB/serial adapters that work, as
I've done it with an external USR modem connected to a modern computer
running Linux. The BBS software thinks it's talking to a normal serial
port.



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Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

You can buy PCI Express X1 to 2x DB9 serial card. Very cheap.

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Gods69 wrote to Exodus <=-

You can buy PCI Express X1 to 2x DB9 serial card. Very cheap.

That's a great idea. Almost every motherboard has that x1 slot doing
nothing. I'd thought about adding a NVME slot to mine.



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You can buy PCI Express X1 to 2x DB9 serial card. Very cheap.

That's a great idea. Almost every motherboard has that x1 slot doing
nothing. I'd thought about adding a NVME slot to mine.

For NVME SSD you have to use PCI-Express X4(+ adapter), so you must use one X16 slot.
If your MB is a little old, the SSD will don't boot, so you can't have here
the main OS, only for storage.
But now SSD are very expensive, not a good time to buy.

... Courage is grace under pressure. (Ernest Hemmingway)

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Must be an internal "WinModem", eh?

No, external USB modem. Thats the same issue I had when I had my dialup line last year. But I am on Win7, so it worked.

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.

Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

I think you can get a USB -> RS232 adaptor, but I'm not sure how the OS
handles that.

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Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

You can buy PCI Express X1 to 2x DB9 serial card. Very cheap.

I don't know. I've already spent over $150 on the endeavor... Now I'd have
to get a serial card and new modem. What Modem should I get? It needs to be pretty small, I don't have much room left on my desk :).

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Exodus wrote to Gamgee <=-

Must be an internal "WinModem", eh?

No, external USB modem. Thats the same issue I had when I had my dialup line last year. But I am on Win7, so it worked.

Oh. Didn't know there was such a thing as a USB modem. Sounds like
it's in the same category as a WinModem, maybe.

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.

Ok, ordered a Startech 56k USB modem with windows 11 drivers. It was $50.
The zoom was only $20... But only came with up to 2k drivers.

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I don't know. I've already spent over $150 on the endeavor... Now I'd have to get a serial card and new modem. What Modem should I get? It needs to be pretty small, I don't have much room left on my desk :).

I use a "recent" 56K serial modem. Is OEM, ref "RS-232 56K Ext Modem",
another ref "308000". Small, work very well in VoIP, it use "recent" Conexant SM56D chipset. Even has a litle speaker (buzzer) inside to monitor phone line, rare theses days. (But had only 3 monitor LEDs)

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Must be an internal "WinModem", eh?

No, external USB modem. Thats the same issue I had when I had my dialup
line last year. But I am on Win7, so it worked.

Recommend getting an external modem. No drivers needed.

Not even sure most computers have serial ports for external any more.

I think you can get a USB -> RS232 adaptor, but I'm not sure how the OS handles that.

I am not 100% sure about how Windows handles those, either. In past, on linux systems, you had to be sure to plug them into a USB 2.x port. For whatever reason, they don't work well with USB 3.x and up. I found that out from experience. ;)

Otherwise, it seems to work just about as well as anything else would in an area where there is no copper, and where I am using what is provided by the local phone company (vs. getting my own ATA -- which I eventually plan to do).

Mike

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Ok, ordered a Startech 56k USB
modem with windows 11 drivers. It
was $50.

I have the same modem for my modern
PC. I run Ubuntu instead of Windows
but have had zero issues with the
thing. I works great. I like that its
a hardware modem instead of a soft
modem.


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* In a message originally to Shurato, Gods69 said:

I don't know. I've already spent over $150 on the endeavor... Now I'd have to get a serial card and new modem. What Modem should I get? It needs to be pretty small, I don't have much room left on my desk :).

I use a "recent" 56K serial modem. Is OEM, ref "RS-232 56K Ext Modem", another ref "308000". Small, work very well in VoIP, it use "recent" Conexan

I just got a startech 56k usb modem that seems to be working great, and tehre are drivers for. It's conexant as well.

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* In a message originally to Shurato, slacker said:

Ok, ordered a Startech 56k USB modem with windows 11 drivers.
It was $50.

I have the same modem for my modern PC. I run Ubuntu instead of
Windows but have had zero issues with the thing. I works great.
I like that its a hardware modem instead of a soft modem.

Yes, I was impressed that it's a hardware modem! Now I need someone to test
my connection! 986-303-1430.

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Gods69 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

For NVME SSD you have to use PCI-Express X4(+ adapter), so you must use one X16 slot. If your MB is a little old, the SSD will don't boot, so
you can't have here the main OS, only for storage.

I assumed NVMe would run in an X1 slot, but slower.

But now SSD are very expensive, not a good time to buy.

Yeah, definitely - I stocked up when the prices were low.


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I just got a startech 56k usb modem that seems to be working great, and tehre are drivers for. It's conexant as well.

I always use serial (RS-232) modems. No need for drivers and work on recent and old computers. ;-)

... Winning isn't everything, but then losing is nothing.

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I assumed NVMe would run in an X1 slot, but slower.

No, it can be PCIe v3.0 or v4.0 (speed factor) but they use 4x PCIe lines interface. Also, the adapter don't fit on X1 slot.

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Now I need someone to test my connection! 986-303-1430.

We did - 24 calls on the evening of 19 September, from Warsaw, a
USRobotics Courier on a VoIP gateway with not one metre of
copper on our side. Your modem answers fine and we reached 14400
with V.42bis, but V.8 never completes between us, so V.34 never
gets a chance. One call in full - spectrum, signalling, packet
stats, audio replay, no login needed:

https://ftn.deadsocket.church/lc/?r=762cfc551d7f16ef7973066d8d95d344

That is the 22:43 call: CONNECT 14400/ARQ/V32/LAPM/V42BIS,
carrier in 45.7 s, 2400 Bd and 1800 Hz both ways, -19.0 dBm in,
-11.5 out, 11898 characters read. One retrain, and it finished
at 12000 rather than the 14400 it started on. We ended it.

Your answer tone is ANSam, not plain ANS: the 2100 Hz carrier
has sidebands at 2085 and 2115 Hz, 20.2 and 20.6 dB down - clean
15 Hz modulation. Your modem announces V.8 correctly. Then it
stalls. From the 22:33 call, our V.8 left on:

10.5-13.5 s your ANSam
14.0-15.0 s you send JM on V.21 channel 2, we send CM on
channel 1 - the exchange begins
16.0-16.5 s you drop to an 1800 Hz V.32 carrier while we are
still repeating CM
21.5 s on both sides broadband, nothing agreed
27.5 s you go back to 2100 Hz and start over

That loops until our S7 expires - NO CARRIER at 64 s, while the
gateway cheerfully reports the call connected throughout.
Turning off V.34 alone changed nothing; skipping V.8 is what
works. ATS56=96 plus ATS54=240 and we land on V.32bis.

WHAT 24 CALLS SAY ABOUT THE LINE

13 connected, 54 %. Speeds 4800 ten times, 14400 three times,
twelve of thirteen with V.42 LAPM. Carrier up in 39.6 to 57.8 s,
median 42.0. Medians across all 24, to us / from us:

jitter p95 0.82 / 0.88 ms
jitter worst 2.08 / 1.25 ms
jitter RFC3550 0.06 / 0.39 ms
clock drift +17 / +35 ppm, ~5 ms over a 2 min call

Receive level sat between -19.0 and
-19.3 dBm on ten of the eleven connected calls that reported it
- 0.3 dB of spread across four hours. The eleventh is the odd
one: CONNECT 14400/V32/NONE, no error control, -54.0 dBm, 130
characters, gone 4.3 s later with Loss of Carrier.


THEN YOU BANNED US ;-)

At 23:34 your gate started saying this instead:

Synchronet External POTS Support/Win32 v2.1
Copyright 2025 Rob Swindell
Connection Rate Exceeded. Try Again Later.
NO CARRIER

and later just: Access Denied. -Click!-

Until 23:32 every call that held an ARQ link pulled 6 to 13 kB
of EleBBS screen; after that, nothing but the banner. Fair
enough - 24 calls in one evening to somebody else's board is not
neighbourly. We have stopped, and there will be no more from
here unless you ask. We never reached the login screen and did
not create an account.

One question ?
The thread says StarTech 56k USB, Conexant, hardware - but not
what is behind it. Real copper POTS, or an ATA or VoIP service
in the way? If your side is VoIP too, two G.711 legs back to
back would explain a lot about V.8, and that is a more
interesting result than either of our modems. And if they are
handy: what does your modem report after one of our calls, and
what init string are you answering with?

Greetings from Poland,
kombos

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Now I need someone to test my connection! 986-303-1430.

We did - 24 calls on the evening of 19 September, from Warsaw, a USRobotics Courier on a VoIP gateway with not one metre of copper
on our side. Your modem answers fine and we reached 14400 with
V.42bis, but V.8 never completes between us, so V.34 never gets a
chance. One call in full - spectrum, signalling, packet stats, audio replay, no login needed:

Thank you! Diamond Dave was able to connect at 31200. It's working well enough, I guess. Should I change my init string to allow for v.8? what
would it look like?

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Now I need someone to test my connection! 986-303-1430.

THEN YOU BANNED US ;-)

I don't think it was sexpots, I think it was rgtel. It had 127.0.0.1 in the blacklist. I added 127.0.0.1 to the whitelist and cleared out the blacklist. Let me know if you still have problems getting on, and if there are any init strings I should try to increase the stability. sexpots seems to use it's
own and overwrite the one in the device drivers.

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Hello Shurato!

Thanks for tracking down the block - good call on rgtel and the
127.0.0.1 in its blacklist. I will dial in again now it is cleared.

Short version: don't change a thing for V.8. Diamond Dave reaching
you at 31200 settles it - 31200 is V.34, and V.34 only starts after
V.8 completes. So your side negotiates V.8 fine; the trouble is not
on your end.

The 14400 was mine. My Courier does 31200/V.34 to boards in Europe,
so it is not V.8-shy either - it just cannot complete V.8 across my
route to you: Warsaw -> a cloud VoIP trunk -> PSTN -> your line, and
that long hop adds enough delay and jitter that the V.8 tone phase
falls apart before V.34 can lock. On a cleaner path, like Diamond
Dave's, it just works. Nothing to fix on your side, no init string
needed.

I will run a fresh batch now the block is gone and post the
diagnostics - public link, no login, as before. Mostly an experiment
my end: a Courier on pure VoIP, not a metre of copper.

Best regards,
kombos
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Yes, I was impressed that it's a hardware modem! Now I need someone to test my connection! 986-303-1430.

I finally connect to the BBS (from France) at 24000 bps today. Have tested 4 different external modems but i have only luck with my USRobotics Courier 3453C...

... Even the boldest zebra fears the hungry lion.

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Yes, I was impressed that it's a hardware modem! Now I need someone

to

test my connection! 986-303-1430.

I finally connect to the BBS (from France) at 24000 bps today. Have tested 4 different external modems but i have only luck with my USRobotics Courier 3453C...

Weird. I'm not sure why one modem would have more luck than others...
Any way, I'm glad you were able to connect!

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Weird. I'm not sure why one modem would have more luck than others...
Any way, I'm glad you were able to connect!

That was always the case ... but my luck was with ZOOM modems ... USRs are shit. :)

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On 22 Sep 26 20:34:13, Exodus said the following to Shurato:

Weird. I'm not sure why one modem would have more luck than others...
Any way, I'm glad you were able to connect!

That was always the case ... but my luck was with ZOOM modems ... USRs are shit. :)

I second this, my Rockwell got absolutely abused and still answered every stinkin' call. USR's were overrated and shoved down our throats in my area.

Some Sysops never shut-up about them. Their boards were the first to vanish.

Atreyu

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Some Sysops never shut-up about them. Their boards were the first to vanish

AND always shit to connect to. ALWAYS had problems or got some shitty connect rate. 31200, or 33600 to any other board .... usr board ... nahh .. let's do 21600.

... You're right - now shut up, someone might hear you....

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Some Sysops never shut-up about them. Their boards were the first to

vanish

AND always shit to connect to. ALWAYS had problems or got some shitty connect rate. 31200, or 33600 to any other board .... usr board
... nahh .. let's
do
21600.

Diamond Dave was able to connect to my VoIP line at 31200! I was impressed! Others have had luck at 14400, but anything over 9600 is a miracle!

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I finally connect to the BBS (from France) at 24000 bps today. Have t 4 different external modems but i have only luck with my USRobotics Courier 3453C...

Weird. I'm not sure why one modem would have more luck than others...
Any way, I'm glad you were able to connect!

Maybe it depend of the ATA device. I know there is some models that work better with modems. I tweak mine ATA for better connections, FSX settings, Codecs, etc.

... Make love not war - see sysop for details.

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I finally connect to the BBS (from France) at 24000 bps today.

Have t

4 different external modems but i have only luck with my

USRobotics

Courier 3453C...

Weird. I'm not sure why one modem would have more luck than others... Any way, I'm glad you were able to connect!

Maybe it depend of the ATA device. I know there is some models that work better with modems. I tweak mine ATA for better connections, FSX settings, Codecs, etc.

Yes, my ATA is a HT802V2 and I've got PCMU, High fixed latency and some other settings that are supposed to be optimized.

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Hello Shurato!

On 19 Sep 2026, Shurato said the following...

Yes, I was impressed that it's a hardware modem! Now I need someone to test my connection! 986-303-1430.

I managed to connect, but after a short period of time, it disconnected due to some error during retraining. Fun nevertheless. =)

(I'm on a rather cheapish ISP-provided VoIP ATA box here, for which I cannot change any settings...)

Renegade Bot Blocker v1.00

Press <ESC> twice for the BBS ... 12
NO CARRIER
ATI17
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Training Signature...

V.90 enabled on local modem
V.8 negotiation completed

OK
ATI6
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Chars sent 442 Chars Received 10990
Chars lost 0
Octets sent 0 Octets Received 0
Blocks sent 0 Blocks Received 0
Blocks resent 0

Retrains Requested 0 Retrains Granted 1
Line Reversals 0 Blers 0
Link Timeouts 0 Link Naks 0

Data Compression NONE
Equalisation Long
Fallback Enabled
Protocol NONE
Speed 21600/26400
Last Call 00:00:43

Disconnect Reason is Unable to Retrain
OK
ATI11
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Modulation V.34+
Carrier Freq ( Hz ) 1829/1829
Symbol Rate 3200/3200
Trellis Code 64S-4D/16S-4D
Nonlinear Encoding ON/ON
Precoding OFF/ON
Shaping ON/OFF
Preemphasis Index 0/1
Recv/Xmit Level (-dBm) 21.7/12.0
SNR ( dB ) 34.5
Near Echo Loss ( dB ) 14.3
Far Echo Loss ( dB ) 79.6
Roundtrip Delay (msec) 1158
Timing Offset ( ppm) -12288
Carrier Offset ( ppm) 0
RX Upshifts 0
RX Downshifts 1
TX Speedshifts 0
V.90 Status 0007

OK
AT#UD
DIAG <2A4D3263 0=10 1=7 2=0 3=0 4="C1651394270D" 5="C16513940D27">

DIAG <2A4D3263 10=15 11=0C 12=0D 13=00 14=0E 15=4F>

DIAG <2A4D3263 16=486 17=486 18=00000000>

DIAG <2A4D3263 20=0C 21=0C 22=0C80 23=0C80 24=725 25=725 26=6720 27=6720>

DIAG <2A4D3263 30=00 31=0001 32=00000000 33=00000001 34=6720 35=5460>

DIAG <2A4D3263 40=00 41=000 42=00000000 43=00000000 44=00 45=0000>

DIAG <2A4D3263 50=2 51=2 52=000001BA 53=00002AEE 54=00000000 55=0000>

DIAG <2A4D3263 56=00000000 57=00000000 58=00000000 59=00000000>

DIAG <2A4D3263 60=3F>

DIAG <2A4D3263 A0=23>

DIAG <2A4D3263 A1=21>

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DIAG <2A4D3263 A7=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 A8=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 A9=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 AA=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 AB=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 AC=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 AD=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 AE=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 AF=20>

DIAG <2A4D3263 B0=20>

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DIAG <2A4D3263 B2=20>

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DIAG <2A4D3263 B6=23>

DIAG <2A4D3263 B7=28>

DIAG <2A4D3263 B8=37>

DIAG <2A4D3263 B9="0007">

DIAG <2A4D3263 BA=43 BB=0 BC=0 BD=230400 BE=N BF=8>

DIAG <2A4D3263 FB="05/03/11" FC=25 FD="CTR21_External">

DIAG <2A4D3263 FE="Courier_56K_Business_Modem">

DIAG <2A4D3263 FF="USROBOTICS">

OK
ATY11
Freq Level
150 23
300 21
450 21
600 21
750 21
900 21
1050 20
1200 20
1350 20
1500 20
1650 20
1800 20
1950 20
2100 20
2250 20
2400 20
2550 20
2700 20
2850 20
3000 20
3150 20
3300 21
3450 23
3600 28
3750 37

OK
ATI16
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Channel Probe...

-20 . . . . . . x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x . . . . 0
-22 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . 2
-24 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . 4
-26 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . 6
-28 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x . 8
-30 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 10
-32 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 12
-34 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 14
-36 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 16
-38 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
Level --------------------Frequency-------------------- Attn
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 3 4 6 7 9 0 2 3 5 6 8 9 1 2 4 5 7 8 0 1 3 4 6 7
5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OK

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

On 22 Sep 26 21:54:59, Exodus said the following to Atreyu:

Some Sysops never shut-up about them. Their boards were the first to vanish

AND always shit to connect to. ALWAYS had problems or got some shitty conne rate. 31200, or 33600 to any other board .... usr board ... nahh .. let's d 21600.

The vast majority of my callers were 2400 to 14.4... the odd 28.8 but the quality of phonelines was shit so never really saw any incoming calls getting that true 28800, always 21600 or weird 16800 / 19200.

My dipshit friends at the time later on were bragging about 33.6 and 56k and "k-flex" whatever fad for dialup Internet but they NEVER EVER got any connects higher than 31200. And those 56k's kept disconnecting or were shit Winmodems.

Atreyu

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)

Atreyu wrote to Exodus <=-

My dipshit friends at the time later on were bragging about 33.6 and
56k and "k-flex" whatever fad for dialup Internet but they NEVER EVER
got any connects higher than 31200. And those 56k's kept disconnecting
or were shit Winmodems.

I ran ISDN at home in the late '90s, used it to connect to work and to
the internet. I connected a 56K modem to one of the B circuits for the
BBS and was surprised to get a 56000 connect. Turned out it was another
ISDN user, we had digital all the way from one modem to the other...

Great times, I could roll over to the other B channel and take two
calls occasionally, use one B channel for the BBS and the other for the
internet, or nail both B channels up for 112kbps of internetty
goodness.

How far we've come...




... Towards the insignificant
--- MultiMail/Win v0.52
* Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122)

On 24 Sep 26 07:44:38, Poindexter Fortran said the following to Atreyu:

Great times, I could roll over to the other B channel and take two
calls occasionally, use one B channel for the BBS and the other for the
internet, or nail both B channels up for 112kbps of internetty
goodness.

How far we've come...

I was kinda late to the "Surfin' the Net" and "Journey in Cyberspace" game because I thought it was a fad, the marketing/media promotion was stupid, and honestly I didn't understand the hype behind WWW when I was content with Gopher, IRC, FTP etc... Netscape on OS/2 was not exactly a thrill ride either.

I think I mentioned that this and some other computing habits changed almost overnight when I saw Windows 2000 Server edition... all bets were off.

Now am happily content to be using and thoroughly abusing my Fiber connection... I doubt I can really go "beyond" that.

I do admire Starlink, was thinking of that for a backup connection, for my career requires constant monitoring/babysitting remote stuff via VPN etc.

Atreyu

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)

Hey Atreyu!

On Thu, Sep 24 2026 15:21:22, you wrote:

I do admire Starlink, was thinking of that for a backup connection, for my career requires constant monitoring/babysitting remote stuff via VPN etc.

They need to tone down their prices for crappy internet speeds, though. I had looked them up recently, I think I saw 400kbps for over $100. No thanks.

Regards,
Accession

... I'm sarcastic, what's your superpower?
--- AmberEdit/linux 0.8.11
* Origin: thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (21:1/200)

On 24 Sep 26 16:48:04, Accession said the following to Atreyu:

I do admire Starlink, was thinking of that for a backup connection, for my career requires constant monitoring/babysitting remote stuff via VPN etc.

They need to tone down their prices for crappy internet speeds, though. I ha looked them up recently, I think I saw 400kbps for over $100. No thanks.

Its a bit pricey yes, but... it can work "anywhere", and the mini-dish or whatever that router was, its possible to run off battery packs if needed.

The idea is to have Internet in even the worst-case scenario, which sortof presented itself recently up here with a bad storm which also knocked out cell service, so could not use my laptop Simcard nor tether off my phone.

Although my UPS ran the router and Fiber gateway for hours, the outage lasted into the early morning. Sounds crazy but I refuse to lose any shiftwork because of no Internet.

Atreyu

--- Renegade vY2Ka2
* Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (21:1/176)

Yes, my ATA is a HT802V2 and I've
got PCMU, High fixed latency and
some other
settings that are supposed to be
optimized.

I have the same ATA. Are you able to share the settings you're using? I'd be interested in comparing to what I have set up on mine.

Thanks!


--- NE BBS v2.06 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)

* In a message originally to Shurato, slacker said:

Yes, my ATA is a HT802V2 and I've got PCMU, High fixed latency
and some other settings that are supposed to be optimized.

I have the same ATA. Are you able to share the settings you're using? I'd
be interested in comparing to what I have set up on mine. Thanks!

I just searched Gemini for optimal settings for HT802V2 and dial-up BBSing.
LEC and VAD were enabled and disabled, I think. I'm not sure if much else
was changed. I did turn on NAT traversal in order to be able to receive
calls.

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)
---
* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net:23 (21:2/148)

I just searched Gemini for optimal
settings for HT802V2 and dial-up
BBSing.
LEC and VAD were enabled and
disabled, I think. I'm not sure
if much else
was changed. I did turn on NAT
traversal in order to be able to
receive
calls.

Thanks! I had LEC as false so I enabled it. I have NAT transversal set to 'keep-alive'. I'll give the updated settings a try later.

Thanks again!


--- NE BBS v2.06 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)

* In a message originally to Shurato, slacker said:

I just searched Gemini for optimal settings for HT802V2 and dial-up BBSing. LEC and VAD were enabled and disabled, I think. I'm not sure
if much else was changed. I did turn on NAT traversal in order to be
able to receive calls.

Thanks! I had LEC as false so I enabled it. I have NAT transversal set to 'keep-alive'. I'll give the updated settings a try later. Thanks
again!

Yeah, my NAT traversal is keep-alive. Ask gemini for any settings I might hqave forgotten!

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)
---
* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net:23 (21:2/148)

Yeah, my NAT traversal is keep-alive. Ask gemini for any settings I
might hqave forgotten!

For VoIP use G.711 Codec, low latency RJ45 network, so forget using wifi or PLC Powerline. Use minimal ethernet switch/router in the patch.

Here in France the ISP Box also have his one VoIP line, there is a SIP
setting to check. Two active VoIP line typically use the same 5060 TCP/IP port so it may have conflict.

... Don't be overly suspicious where it's not warranted.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Gods69 BBS (21:3/220)

Yes, I was impressed that it's a hardware modem! Now I need someone to
test
my connection! 986-303-1430.

I've tried a few times now. I've made it to the questionaire where it asks:

"Any SBBS or MajorBBS Games you'd like me to add? Add to this list!"

It was hard to get there because the questions before it kept telling me I entered an incorrect value and press '[Enter]' to continue. This one also got stuck in the same loop. I didn't lose carrier. I was online for more than 20+ minutes but could not get past that question loop. I'll have to log in with telnet and answer it and then dial in again.

Another thing I noticed (I was dialed in at 4800) is that the ANSI graphics seemed to stop a bunch of times about a quarter of the way down the screen. I could hit enter or whatever and it would move to the next screen. I wonder if I'm connecting too slow? I picked 4800 to hopefully avoid some line noise. I know I can do 300 without issue but that's wayyy too slow for ANSI. I doubt I can do 9600+ without noise.

I'm not giving up though! I'm going to try again next time at a faster connection and see how that goes. :)

Hopefully I don't get my phone # caught in the spam filter by missing the ESC prompt after dialing in!


--- NE BBS v2.06 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)

Yes, I was impressed that it's a hardware modem! Now I need someone to test my connection! 986-303-1430.

I've tried a few times now. I've made it to the questionaire where it asks: "Any SBBS or MajorBBS Games you'd like me to add? Add to this list!"
It was hard to get there because the questions before it kept telling me I e ed an incorrect value and press '[Enter]' to continue. This one also got stu

You have to press "D" when done seleting if more than 1 option is available.

n the same loop. I didn't lose carrier. I was online for more than 20+ minut ut could not get past that question loop. I'll have to log in with telnet an swer it and then dial in again. Another thing I noticed (I was dialed
in at 4800) is that the ANSI graphics s ed to stop a bunch of times
about a quarter of the way down the screen. I cou hit enter or
whatever and it would move to the next screen. I wonder if I'm c
ecting too slow? I picked 4800 to hopefully avoid some line noise. I know I do 300 without issue but that's wayyy too slow for ANSI. I doubt I can do 96 without noise. I'm not giving up though! I'm going to try again next
time at a faster connec n and see how that goes. :) Hopefully
I don't get my phone # caught in the spam filter by missing the ESC
ompt after dialing in!

Nope, 127.0.0.1 is whitelisted, I believe! Any way, Diamond Dave was able to connect at 31200. Try 38400 and it should train down to a decent rate,
though you may have to try a few times.

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)

---
* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net (21:2/148)

Nope, 127.0.0.1 is whitelisted, I
believe! Any way, Diamond Dave
was able to
connect at 31200. Try 38400 and
it should train down to a decent
rate,
though you may have to try a few
times.

Thanks. Good to know. I didn't know if you possibly had a filter to block incoming phone numbers that spammed as well.

Signed in with telnet yesterday to finish the survey. Going to try a higher speed today and see how it goes.


--- NE BBS v2.06 (linux; x64)
* Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)

* In a message originally to Shurato, slacker said:

Nope, 127.0.0.1 is whitelisted, I believe! Any way, Diamond Dave was
able to connect at 31200. Try 38400 and it should train down to a
decent rate, though you may have to try a few times.

Thanks. Good to know. I didn't know if you possibly had a filter to block incoming phone numbers that spammed as well. Signed in with telnet
yesterday to finish the survey. Going to try a higher speed today
and see how it goes.

Good luck!

--
Shurato, Sysop Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (ssh, telnet, pop3,ftps,nntps
,wss, ssh utf-8) (default ports, 2222 for utf-8 and 999 for wss)
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* Origin: Shurato's Heavenly Sphere telnet://shsbbs.net:23 (21:2/148)