problems with x modem, speed touch adsl filter, mac osx and talktalk

I am trying to connect to the net (talktalk uk) with new x modem, speed
touch adsl filter and mac osx. I entered DNS, username and password,
but I am not sure I have entered all fields.
Also I don't know if everything is compatible. The mac is not on a
local net. I click network diagnostics and it fails.

I am currently connected to talktalk with a PC, trust ADSL modem and
the same speed touch adsl filter.

"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> I am trying to connect to the net (talktalk uk) with new x modem

Whatever else you are using. x modem will always be slow as it sends a
block (128 bytes in the original, but 1024 bytes in revised versions)
and waits for an acknowledgment before sending the next block. :-)

I assume that is not the x modem you are talking about, but why oh why
do companies have to introduce products with names which clash with
existing terms used within the industry? The ISP V21 is the same, the
very name - that of the ITU-T (was CCITT) 300bps modem standard - does
not inspire confidence and gives the impression of slow connections.

Graham Murray wrote:
> "Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:
>
> > I am trying to connect to the net (talktalk uk) with new x modem
>
> Whatever else you are using. x modem will always be slow as it sends a
> block (128 bytes in the original, but 1024 bytes in revised versions)
> and waits for an acknowledgment before sending the next block. :-)
>
> I assume that is not the x modem you are talking about, but why oh why
> do companies have to introduce products with names which clash with
> existing terms used within the industry? The ISP V21 is the same, the
> very name - that of the ITU-T (was CCITT) 300bps modem standard - does
> not inspire confidence and gives the impression of slow connections.

lol, obviously you never had a conversation with a typical marketing
man. Seriously though it is probably because some people who don't
know what it means would have heard it and thought that must be good,
it becomes a buzz word and the marketing man cashes in on this loose
association. With "X modem" it is probably just because it sounds
cool, so they used it again. Mine is yet to work..

I was not using the network asssitant correctly. Sorted now.