home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: news.ios.com!jeremiah
- From: jeremiah@ios.com (Jeremiah Kristal)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.servers
- Subject: Re: incoming dial up modems go offhook
- Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.servers
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 00:00:54 GMT
- Organization: Internet Online Services
- Message-ID: <4eeebm$h03@news.ios.com>
- References: <4e8pcs$69u@suba01.suba.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: styx.ios.com
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
-
- Alex Strasheim (alex@proust.suba.com) wrote:
-
- : We have a small ISP running an Annex 4000 terminal server and a couple of
- : different kinds of modems. For some reason one kind of modem, the
- : practical peripheral 28.8, tends to go off hook.
-
- : I'm inclined to believe that this is just a problem with the practicals,
- : because our other modems -- accura 14.4's -- almost never go off hook.
-
- : What causes modems to lock up? And apart from replacing ours with new
- : ones, is there anything we can do about the problem?
-
- Check you init string for your modems. Certain modems need a bit more
- tlc when connected to terminal servers. I don't run PPs on my annexes so
- I can't give you a good init string for them but I'm sure PP and Xylogics
- tech support can help you work through it. One thing to check is your
- annex port settings. I've seen recent newsgroup articles that imply that
- you might prevent this is you set bi-directional mode=no on your annex
- ports. I'll be trying this on an annex 4000 connected to a rach of
- Zypcoms this week, because they have a similar problem.
- The best solution, IMHO, is to move up to Multi-Tech 2834MR modems,
- expensive, even with the ISP discount, but damn near bulletproof.
- --
-
- Jeremiah Kristal
- IDT Internet Services
- Senior Telecommunication Engineer
- jeremiah@ios.com
- 201-928-4454
-
-
-
-
-