Modem Player probs

My brother has an AST Advantage 486 with an internal 14.4 modem. I have a USR 28.8 external. We can't seem to get a connect. His modem dials, the connection is negotiated, and then we both get a "14400 connect" message, but then a message box comes up saying "waiting for remote player". Nothing happens, and eventually we lose the connection. His init string is currently ATZ^M. I know our modems will talk to each other because we just played an hour or so of Descent 2. Can anybody help out here? Many thanks in advance. /=================================================\ | John Simmons (Redneck Techno-Biker) | | http://www.paddedwall.org/john \=================================================/

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> My brother has an AST Advantage 486 with an internal 14.4 modem. I have a USR > 28.8 external. > We can't seem to get a connect. His modem dials, the connection is > negotiated, and then we both get a "14400 connect" message, but then a > message box comes up saying "waiting for remote player". Nothing happens, and > eventually we lose the connection. His init string is currently ATZ^M. > I know our modems will talk to each other because we just played an hour or so > of Descent 2. Can anybody help out here?

First off, try setting the connect speeds for both modems to 9600. I have not been able to detect a difference between 19.2 and 9600. The Latency is the most important spec for a connection, not the baud rate. Secondly, both modems need to have Error Detection, Error Correction, and Data Compression turned off to get Nascar to Connect. For the US Robotics modem, I would recommend using the following init string: at&f^m~~~at&c1&d2&k0&m0&n6&a0^m For the AST modem, you will need to construct a init string manually. Look in the owners manual to see what settings are used to turn off these three features. For more information look at Papyrus' tech note on modems at: http://www.sierra.com/papy/technote/n-modem.txt -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/ Hawaii Network UserName: Buschwick (5)

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>My brother has an AST Advantage 486 with an internal 14.4 modem. I have a USR >28.8 external. >We can't seem to get a connect. His modem dials, the connection is >negotiated, and then we both get a "14400 connect" message, but then a >message box comes up saying "waiting for remote player". Nothing happens, and >eventually we lose the connection. His init string is currently ATZ^M. >I know our modems will talk to each other because we just played an hour or so >of Descent 2. Can anybody help out here? >Many thanks in advance. >/=================================================\ >| John Simmons (Redneck Techno-Biker) | >| http://www2.connectnet.com/users/jms/index.html | >\=================================================/

I had a similar problem...then we fixed it. We both are using the at&f string and both using 19200 as baud rate...my modem is a Suprefaxmodem 14400i and his is an Us Robotics (dont know hte model...) try it, it might work Also if anyones live in the 819 area code let me know, we could race with any sims... see you Daniel