hi all anyone ever try connecting at NUMBERbps in linux i ve got a usr NUMBERk faxmodem which is meant to connect to another same modem and i have to connect at this speed due to the nt port settings on the remote side but the modem handshake always fails at this speed the modem handshake works at slightly higher speeds NUMBERbps to NUMBERbps but that is no good for tx rx ing data to the remote server as it insists at talking at the speed of treacle NUMBERbps note minicom fails to handshake at NUMBERbps but hyperterm in windows worked first time any ideas baud NUMBER NUMBER data bits even parity i am doing a atzNUMBER to reset the modem then i send this init string at fNUMBEReNUMBERvNUMBERqNUMBERxNUMBERyNUMBERsNUMBER NUMBER aNUMBER bNUMBER cNUMBER dNUMBER hNUMBER iNUMBER kNUMBER mNUMBER nNUMBER pNUMBER rNUMBER sNUMBER uNUMBER yNUMBER which is most of the defaults usr said to set sNUMBER NUMBER disables v NUMBER set sNUMBER NUMBER disable v NUMBER xNUMBER but the sNUMBER NUMBER just makes the handshake lockup instead of just giving up btw this is a bank s system i am connecting to so reconfiguring their modems may be difficult colin colin nevin software engineer merit solutions ltd dublin NUMBER goatstown cross dublin NUMBER printed using NUMBER recycled electrons irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 