>I have made reliable connections to West.net with the modem I currently have >(my boss's account resides there) as well as to several other BBSes in the >area. RAIN is the *only* dialup that gives me problems, reliably! I shit you >not, it can be expected to happen _EVERY DAMNED CALL_ that the modem will lock >up, and not even hangup! > >It happens after 2 bl-ers usually (see below). This looks/sounds like the infamous USR V.42bis bug: >I don't know if this is formally acknowledged by USR yet, >but there was a fix for the V.42bis problem in their Sportster >and X2 modems code: > >>>The 7/8/97 and 9/5/97 code from USR fixes the >>>V42bis problem. > >Older Sportster modems did NOT have this problem - it appears it was >introduced sometime late last year, but I don't have exact dates on >their firmwares. The fixes are confirmed in the releases mentioned >above. > >The workaround for "problem" modems was/is to disable V.42bis. Some known "problem" modems are known to Ascend TAC, so you might want to find out if this is one of the known "bad"/"questionable" versions. I received this list from one test-site: >1. USR Sporster 33.6 > 3/8/97 , Flash Rev. 4.1.55 > DSP Date 3/8/97, DSP Rev 10.3.55 >2. USR Sportster X2 > 2/20/97, EPROM Rev. 4.0.1 > DSP Date 2/20/97, DSP Rev 10.2.1 >3. USR Sportster 56k (not X2) > 3/8/97 , Flash Rev. 4.1.55 > DSP Date 3/8/97. DSP Rev 10.3.55 >4. USR PCMCIA X2 (XJ/CC1560) > Model XJ1560 >Older Sportster 28.8 seems to be okay. >U.S. Robotics Sportster 33600 Fax Link Diagnostics... > >Chars sent 372002 Chars Received 1655830 >Chars lost 0 >Octets sent 185827 Octets Received 1048521 >Blocks sent 17669 Blocks Received 17861 >Blocks resent 0 > >Retrains Requested 0 Retrains Granted 0 >Line Reversals 0 Blers 2 >Link Timeouts 0 Link Naks 0 > >Data Compression V42BIS 2048/32 >Equalization Long >Fallback Enabled >Protocol LAPM >Speed 26400/26400 >Current Call 01:31:57 Kevin ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10157.html">(ASCEND) User comment</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Michael Ghens - RAIN Network System Administration <mghens@rain.org></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10281.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipe 75 TFTP Problems</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10293.html">(ASCEND) Re: Ascend 900-number</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10157.html">(ASCEND) User comment</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10188.html">Re: (ASCEND) User comment</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#10280"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd220.html#10280"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>