From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Aug 7 01:25:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA24537 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:25:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bitbucket.edmweb.com (bitbucket.edmweb.com [204.244.190.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA24532 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from steve@localhost) by bitbucket.edmweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA00621; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:25:24 -0700 Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:25:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Reid To: Global Internet Shopping Mall cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USR Not reset In-Reply-To: <199608062107.QAA08587@isot.isot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'm playing two different modems, Hays Accura and USR Sportster. I'm having > problem with both. > Occasionally, the Hays would not answer the line when ringing, I had to > power recycle it to make it work again. The Sportster, after user hangs up, > it would reset, TR would stay off. Anyone experienced same problem a s I? This sounds like the usuall problems had when using cheap modems. The average modem will work fine for dial-out, but automatically answering the line is a whole other matter. I don't know about the Accura, but the Sportster is by no means top-of-the-line. Many people swear by USR Couriers. They're expensive, but they're said to be among the most reliable. We've been using a pair of 14.4k Cardinal internal modems in our BBS here at EDM, and they've been running fine for years. We've decided to use Cardinal 28.8k externals (which I think are upgradeable to 33.6) to set up a modem pool for the ISP we're starting here. They're not very expensive. We'll know in a month or two if the 28.8k Cardinals hold up as well as the old 14.4k. ===================================================================== | Steve Reid - SysAdmin & Pres, EDM Web (http://www.edmweb.com/) | | Email: steve@edmweb.com Home Page: http://www.edmweb.com/steve/ | | PGP (2048/9F317269) Fingerprint: 11C89D1CD67287E68C09EC52443F8830 | | -- Disclaimer: JMHO, YMMV, TANSTAAFL, IANAL. -- | ===================================================================:)