[comp.dcom.modems] AT&T Modem 2224 CEO

jccc@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Juan Castillo) (04/04/89)

	I need some help with my AT&T 2224 CEO modem. I have an ATT6300 pc
and I'm using ProComm Plus for communications package, this is my problem:
After the far end answers it takes about 8 to 10 seconds before i get the
CONNECT message. I have tried just about every combination of dip switch
settings and several of the AT commands. The same thing happens when I use 
XTALK as the comm package, even after setting the options according to the 
manual that came with the modem.
	Does anyone out in the Net-land have any ideas?

					Thanks in advance
					Juan Castillo

wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (04/05/89)

The default condition of the CE02224 is to the AT\N2 if you are
using the "AT" command set.  This is auto MNP mode.  MNP sends
packets to the other end for 7 seconds, trying to sync up.  If
after 7 seconds it doesn't get a valid ACK, it falls back to a
regular connection.  Even if the other end is MNP, it takes a
couple of seconds for the initial handshake.

If the other end isn't MNP, it'll receive a bunch of garbage
characters from your end as the handshake is attempted.  On gettys
that echo back, this can sometimes make your modem think the other
end is MNP, when in fact, it is not.  The symptom is continuous
flashing of the ERR LED on your 2224.

To disable MNP, send the string, AT\N0.  I don't have any idea what
the AT&T operating mode ":" command equivalent is.  The defalut
AT\N2 isn't re-entered when the connection is dropped you have to
manually enter the command when you finish your call.

Bill