I have a livingston PM2-ER with 7 USR Sportsters modems attached to it. The
problem that I experience is the following. Every once in awhile (once a
day lately) one of my modems, its doesn't follow any pattern, will hang. By
hang I mean it will answer an incoming call but with windows95 the user will
get the message back can't negotiate network protocol. I can always tell
which one it is when I do a show s0...show s6 because the port will have a
high number of Framing errors, usually around 2900. A simple reset s0 does
the trick. I've tried a modem init string with S13=1 which is suppose to
reset the modem when carrier is dropped without any luck. My current init
string is at&f1&d2&b1&c1&n0&r2&h1m0s2=255s10=20s25=40s13=1&w0 which I found
in the livingston portmaster achives as suggested by one user that says he
hasn't had any problems with his USR and this init string. I live in an
area that is know to have bad phone lines which could be the cause but I
don't know. I also live in an area where I can only get a roll-over on my
hunt group (GTE NORTH) so when I do get a problem my users keep getting the
same modem everytime they dial in. Has anyone had a similiar experince with
USR or other modems? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much,
Bill Ball
Ball Communications - "The worlds smallest ISP"