From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 6 04:38:46 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id EAA23451 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 04:38:46 -0800 Received: from cmap.zenox.com (cmap.zenox.com [204.138.171.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id EAA23446 for ; Mon, 6 Nov 1995 04:38:43 -0800 Received: from tc1-sl17.zenox.com by cmap.zenox.com id aa23739; 6 Nov 95 7:38 EST X-Sender: jeff@ring.zenox.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.1.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 07:38:16 -0500 To: patl@asimov.volant.org From: "Jeff B. Bolton" Subject: Re: Strange networking problem with 2.0.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <9511060738.aa23739@cmap.zenox.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk At 07:11 PM 11/5/95 -0800, you wrote: >|> If you or your provider are using a USRobotics Sportster modem, >|> check the Supervisor date (ATI7), if the date is prior to 04/18/95, you >|> have a faulty Supervisior chip which is the cause of your modem "hangups". > >Thanks, that appears to be the problem. (Mine is 08/25/94.) Now, what >do I do about it? Does USR's support cover this? If so, what are the >key phrases I need to use to make sure they know which problem I'm >experiencing? Call USR customer service directly. They are aware of this problem and have released a tech-note on it. Request the updated Supervisor chip from them. They will send it out to you with instructions on how to replace it. All they ask is that you return the old chip back to them. Cheers Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff B. Bolton http://ring.zenox.com/~jeff/ jeff@zenox.com * All opinions expressed are my own...Who else would want them?? * ...It's not my job to drive the train, it's not my job to ring the the bell, but let the damn thing jump the track, and see who catches hell..... ------------------------------------------------------------------