From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 1 20:46:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA26287 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 20:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jaguar.ir.miami.edu (jaguar.ir.miami.edu [129.171.32.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26268 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 20:45:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcus@miami.edu) Received: from jaguar.ir.miami.edu ("port 3576"@jaguar.ir.miami.edu) by jaguar.ir.miami.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #24029) with SMTP id <0EYN00OI612V6H@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 23:44:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 23:44:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" Subject: Re: magic number In-reply-to: To: rick hamell Cc: Laszlo Vagner , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rick, thanks, we haven't tried that. The customer whose situation I'm trying to create is in Italy, and communication has been difficult. I'll see if an upgrade or modem swap is feasible. However, he may be using this same modem on a Novell router without a problem. I'll have to check on that. But thanks again for the advice. Joe Clarke On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, rick hamell wrote: > > I've got USR on both ends. The init string I'm using for the dialing end > > is: > > Have you tried a different brand of modem... USRs tend to have > some small problems with their BIOS chips. The symptoms are usually the > modem connecting, then dropping carrier for no apparent reason. You might > want to look into getting it upgraded, usually about $40 or so from > 3-Com/USR. I had to replace 9 of 10 modems that displayed similar > problems under other operating systems. > > Rick > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message