> a particular brand of modem.
>
> We are using USR Sportsters at one location and Motorola Online Surfers
> at another; we find that the sportsters tend to drop connection quite
> frequently and that the motorolas often do not reset after a call ...
thus
> creating ring thrus on occasion.
>
> Can anyone recommend a solution for these modems (ie new init strings or
> other tips) or recommend a brand of modem that has been trouble free for
> them.
>
> Robin
> GlobalServe Communications Inc.
We have been running USR Sportsters with our Portmaster 2E and have not had
any dropouts after we made one tiny little change - the modems are mounted
vertical ( speaker control knob up ) with 1/2-inch clearance between each
modem, we have a fan blowing cool air over all the modems ( they DON'T like
HEAT!!! ), and the init string: AT&F1 with the following switch settings:
sw-3 & sw-8 > ON, all others OFF. The Portmaster has software version
3.3.2c1 and has not had any reboots or resets for the last 49 days.
Seems to work for us ( works with Win-95, Win-NT, Mac, Trumpet, ect, ect )
<Grin>
Hope this helps all...
BTW: all of the modems software revs are 4/96.