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USB External 56K modem, comments?
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Spec1/1328812.html
Anyone got any opinions about this modem? I suppose the key attraction is that it's USB host powered, so no power supply or serial cable to worry about. Do USB 56K modems work just as good as a regular 56K modem with serial cable? I've not got any experience with these. Thanks. ~ Adrian ~ |
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There was a time when I would have advised against it, but the last
few I have seen, perform as good as any internal PCI winmodem. I like the 'on hold' feature. I did not see a reference to USB 2.0 does your mainboard support USB 2.0? It will outperform the external Serial by a great margin. "Adrian" wrote in message . .. http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Spec1/1328812.html Anyone got any opinions about this modem? I suppose the key attraction is that it's USB host powered, so no power supply or serial cable to worry about. Do USB 56K modems work just as good as a regular 56K modem with serial cable? I've not got any experience with these. Thanks. ~ Adrian ~ |
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USB modems are not winmodems as the definition goes. If the modem is 1.1
then the 2.0 speed will not be attainable. Although it will work just fine in 1.1. "Adrian" wrote in message news "JAD" wrote in message thlink.net... There was a time when I would have advised against it, but the last few I have seen, perform as good as any internal PCI winmodem. I like the 'on hold' feature. I did not see a reference to USB 2.0 does your mainboard support USB 2.0? It will outperform the external Serial by a great margin. You compared it to a Winmodem, is this USB modem a Winmodem too? I hope not, that is something I definitely don't want. Yes, my mainboard supports USB 2.0, although, how does that help if the device itself is USB 1.1? Thanks for the info. ~ Adrian ~ |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ...
Do USB 56K modems work just as good as a regular 56K modem with serial cable? I've not got any experience with these. Usually, but many are actually Winmodems because USB (even USB 1.1) is fast enough to allow for signal processing by the computer. USB 2.0 isn't going to help with any 56K modem because even at maximum compression the data rate is a low slower than even USB 1.1. That degree of compression will slow an RS-232C serial port modem because of the 110K baud port rate, but this is rarely a problem. |
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"Adrian" wrote in message ...
So is the modem I put in my original thread a Winmodem? Or a controllerless modem? I tried to find information on U.S. Robotics site but couldn't determine what it was. I had the same problem finding any detailed information at their web site, but I don't think a signal processor has to be built into a USB modem. I'd either get a free (after rebate -- check www.salescircular.com for local store offers) internal Winmodem or an RS-232C serial port external. I've seen the latter for as little as $60 for the US Robotics Sportster modems, and don't rule out a v.90 version if it can be flashed to v.92 (some can't, despite being the same model -- I have 00568600 and 00568603 Sportsters, and the former has no v.92 upgrade available for it). |
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I had the same problem finding any detailed information at their web
site, but I don't think a signal processor has to be built into a USB modem. I think you're right. I decided to work like this, because it didn't say something to the effect of "host-controller built in" or "powerful controller inside" - I assumed it didn't have a controller. I'd either get a free (after rebate -- check www.salescircular.com for local store offers) internal Winmodem or an RS-232C serial port external. I've seen the latter for as little as $60 for the US Robotics Sportster modems, and don't rule out a v.90 version if it can be flashed to v.92 (some can't, despite being the same model -- I have 00568600 and 00568603 Sportsters, and the former has no v.92 upgrade available for it). Yes, I went with an option you mentioned, an RS-232C external one. I went with this one: http://tinyurl.com/4dbh Look at the last product in the list, a V.92 external one. I was tempted by the PCI Pro internal version, but I historically remember people having problems with internal modems. This one should last me a while. Thanks. ~ Adrian ~ |
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jus make sure to ungplug the modem from the phone line and/or the usb port
to prevent damage to the machine and modem "JAD" wrote in message rthlink.net... USB modems are not winmodems as the definition goes. If the modem is 1.1 then the 2.0 speed will not be attainable. Although it will work just fine in 1.1. "Adrian" wrote in message news "JAD" wrote in message thlink.net... There was a time when I would have advised against it, but the last few I have seen, perform as good as any internal PCI winmodem. I like the 'on hold' feature. I did not see a reference to USB 2.0 does your mainboard support USB 2.0? It will outperform the external Serial by a great margin. You compared it to a Winmodem, is this USB modem a Winmodem too? I hope not, that is something I definitely don't want. Yes, my mainboard supports USB 2.0, although, how does that help if the device itself is USB 1.1? Thanks for the info. ~ Adrian ~ |
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