| The modem handshake is the computer term for
two modems greeting each other when one modem calls the other to establish
an Internet connection. If you have your modem's speaker volume turned up,
you will be able to hear the modem dial out and then make squawks and tones
like a fax machine. Those squawks and tones are the modem handshake. During
the handshake, the two modems, one being the user's modem and the other
being the ISP's modem, negotiate which protocols they will use to transfer
data. This would be like negotiating the rules of engagement. |
