Re: Update firmware in USR 5610b modem on Linux-only machine?
From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 11/02/05
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Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:11:29 -0500
Michael Heiming wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Harold Stevens <wookie@aces.localdomain>:
>>Out of curiosity, why do you need to update it? If you just want to go
>>online ASAP with a 5610B and Linux, it should be ready right outta the
>>box, AFAIK. I've never had to "fix" the firmware in any of them.
>
>
> Taking a closer look, it's some internal PCI modem, haven't used
> modems for a couple of ages, there's still an USR external modem
> around, never had any problems with it and don't know if you
> could at all update firmware, never any problems with it.
A USR 5610B is certainly an internal PCI modem. The best thing about it is
that it is a real modem, not a brain-damaged WinModem. I have had my 5610B
in continuous service for two years next March. Only problem with it is that
the line it is on is quite noisy, so it hangs up sometimes.
>
> So for now, it looks like to get the upgrade installed, you'd
> need to plugin the card into some doze box and install the new
> firmware. Good idea to simply refuse to buy peripheral that needs
> doze for whatever reason.
>
I wonder what the upgrade is. I had an older USR ISA modem, and there was a
firmware upgrade I installed in it (back in Windows 95 days) that speeded it
up from the original 22.8Kbits/second to 33.6Kbits/second.
I have another USR ISA modem in my old computer (still in there, but unused)
that worked fine from early 2000 until March 2004 when I networked it to my
new machine which IP forwards its stuff through the firewall to the
Internet, so I do not need the modem anymore. But it is probably not worth
the bother of taking it out and trying to sell it.
I could not find any other PCI non-Winmodem at the time I was building this,
and since I never had trouble with USR modems, that is what I got. I sure
have not upgraded the firmware of any modem I still have.
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