I have done some searches on HP's website. They had
a driver upgrade but not much in the way of a firmware
upgrade.
I will check your link and cross my fingers.
We did the 6.1 upgrade today. So far so good. USR v.90
upgraded modems are connecting at up to 50k.
John Miller
webmaster@samnet.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Hillman <admin-maillist@talstar.com>
To: ntisp@iea-software.com <ntisp@iea-software.com>
Date: Monday, June 01, 1998 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: LT Win Modems
>> From: John David M. Miller <webmaster@samnet.net>
>> We are having a heck of a time with the LT Win Modems
>> installed in the HP Pavillons and Compaq Presarios. We
>> are running Ascend 4048s with current software. Anybody else
>> seeing disconnections, system not answering, error? Anyone
>> come up with a string or other modification that corrects the
>> problem? It seem to vary from unit to unit. Some connect fine
>> other will never connect.
>
>What OS version are you using on your Max? The customers may need to
>upgrade their firmware code in their modems. We ran into this problem
>several months ago with some Compaq modems. They wouldn't connect until
>the firmware in them was upgraded (especially K56Flex modems with older
>firmware versions). See http://support.talstar.com/56k.html for some info
>and links to the manufacturer pages... (the info is useful even if the
>modems are V.34)
>
>Right now, the only modems that we know of that refuses to connect to us
>are the IBM Aptiva MWave modems.
>
>Yesterday, Ascend released OS version 6.1.0 which includes V.90 version
>2.084. Though the V.90 part may not be relevant to the customers that are
>having the problems, the OS upgrade in general may take care of some
>problems.
>
>I haven't upgraded from 6.0.4 to 6.1.0 yet, but will probably do so in a
>couple days.
>
>Josh Hillman
>hillman@talstar.com
>
>