Re: PC-Tel Based Modems Hang on Connecting to PM3

Wes Funderberg (wes@scescape.net)
Sat, 26 Jul 1997 09:03:34 -0400

I have already updated over 8 computers within the last 2 weeks with the
PC-Tel chipset with the new driver and they work fine afterwards.

Jean-Francois Laplante wrote:

> At 17:42 97-07-25 -0600, you wrote:
> >I've run into about four different PC-Tel chipset, Plug & Pray
> modems, that
> >will hang the entire computer after handshaking. They connect at
> 2400 baud
> >just fine, but 19200 and up causes the system to hang. I've seen it
> happen
> >with 28.8 and 33.6 PNP modems from different manufacturers.
> >
> >The modems will handshake, seemingly fine until the very end; about 1
>
> >second after the handshake sounds like it has terminated a steady
> tone
> >appears and Windows 95 immediately crashes to a complete halt (no
> >Ctl-Alt-Dlt, no mouse, no keyboard) the only thing you can do is
> power
> >cycle or reset the computer.
> >
> >This is a very ugly situation. We're using PM3's, CT1 (trunk side),
> B8ZS,
> >ESF, Wink Start and running pm3_3.5.1b20 on all three of our units.
> >
> >Any ideas, or are we going to have to wait until the new DSP's
> arrive?
>
> I've seen the same problem many times. I solved it by using version
> 2.16
> of the PC Tel drivers.
>
> Good luck.
>
> JF.
>
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