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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Re: Cisco 5200's and modem issues.
From:       <up () 3 ! am>
Date:       1999-04-30 22:11:29
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Andrew R Frame wrote:

> > On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Brian Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > Has anyone else had problems with the AS5200's and certain modems.  I know
> > > that the Lucent modems and the HCF modems don't work very well on the
> > > 5200's.  However, we seem to be getting between 10-15% of our 4000 dial-ups
> > > complaining about slow speeds and constant disconnections.
> > 
> > I've had problems with AS5200's and LOTS of different modems...I'm still
> > trying to find the best one to recommend,
> 
> > Whelp, if Cisco can make the same strides with the firmware that they did
> > with IOS 11.3(8)T, great.  Cisco engineers have been very helpful in
> > getting experimental modem code out to the squeaky wheels, but so far, no
> > silver bullet.  I'm looking hard at Max 60xx's for the next NAS within a
> > few months.
> 
> what microcom firmware are you running? 5.0.40 is pretty solid. why are
> you running experimental code?

5.04 was something of a nightmare.  Right now I'm running:

          Modem module     Firmware   Boot          DSP
  Mdm     Number           Rev        Rev           Rev
  1/0               0       5.1(5)   3.0(4)    22.0/47.0

Not much better :-(

Lots of complaints about stalls, disconnects, and widely varying
connection speed and stability from the same place.  I've dialed into that
box from a Gateway PC running a Gateway telepath upgraded to the latest
V.90 and experienced pretty much the same thing myself.

James Smallacombe		      PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
up@3.am							    http://3.am
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