Re: [hylafax-users] USR are buggy modems

[bill.allison@xxxxxxxxx]

Hi

We have 3 hylafax installations each with two USR modems running in Class   
1. Not busy installations - up to 100 faxes per day of which 90% are   
incoming but we get as near as makes no difference 100% reliability.   
Modems are all model 5630B except one 5668-02. To get good reliability   
you *must* upgrade to latest firmware - 11.16.63 and 14.13.48   
respectively. We used ISDN2e (via the POTS ports on some old  Eicon Diva   
ISDN modems). This wasn't really necessary for reliability except at one   
site where we had problems with a long PSTN line.

The bottom line - we used USR modems just because we had some and with   
our setup they are 100% reliable.

Hope this helps
Regards
Bill A.
   


 -----Original Message-----
From: bojan.stojanovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 16 May 2006 12:03
To: hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ivana.maksimovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hylafax-users] USR are buggy modems?


   

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Hello everybody,

Should I really avoid buying USR modems?
They are most common external modems in Sebia and Montenegro market.

Other alternatives that I have are Agere, SWEEX and Prolink external
serial modems.

http://www.hylafax.org/content/Handbook:Basic_Server_Configuration:Choosin  
g_a_
Modem

"Also in the functional-but-buggy category are USR/3Com modems; they
tend to work better in Class 1 than in Class 2.0, but it still isn't
ideal. (USR doesn't seem to be fixing these things, either.) If you use
one of these modems and experience problems do not be surprised to learn
that it is an issue with the modem itself."

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Bojan Stojanovic
system administrator
Network Co. A.D.
Velizara Kosanovica 2
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Tel: +381 63 306 578
Fax: +381 11 2040 960



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