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> Proprietary... each modem manufacturer must (apparently) publish a software > utility to fix the problems presented by the digital portmasters... There are two distinct problems here - the first concerns the V.8 tones which are added as a part of the new 56k V.90 standard. These completely trash some other modems (like a Telebit listening for PEP) but they are not Livingston/Lucent's fault - anybody's terminal server running the same protocol will do the exact same thing. The only solutions possible here are to either get an upgrade from your modem vendor that can roll through the V.8 tones ok, or you can use a sufficient number of commas after the phone number in your dialing string such that your modem waits until after the V.8 tones have passed. The number required is best determined by making a few voice calls to the modem number while looking at your watch and using a time (usually 2 secs per comma) slightly longer than the longest time it takes to get past the first two tones. The second problem concerns the Lucent modem code's inability to handle flow control in the V.42 mode (it frequently hangs). Until Lucent fixes this your only hope (if this is a problem for you) is to use MNP instead. Billy Y..