Hi Stephen.

On Friday January 26 1996, Stephen Lennie wrote to John Piper ...

 SL> The "&Y9" on the second line would tend to indicate
that something's
 SL> a little screwy in your M11F's memory.

That setting is the default with the M11F I have. &K9 is also a defult (which
I changed to &K3 to enable RTS/CTS).

 SL> I recommend you do a "AT&F." reset before you do anything else.

I did that and then wrote this string to NVRAM:

AT L1 M1 &K3 \V1 #A0 %U2 S0=0 S11=70 S95=47

 SL> Also, after a power-up or "ATZ" the S42 register should be 000 not
 SL> 016 or any other value.

Why is that? I just checked -- it's now set to 0.

 SL> 2. What version of firmware does your M11F have?

Series 5  V.FAST Class 28800 Modem DFS(J) F2.43L (C) NetComm Ltd. 1994

 SL> The latest version is V2.61L and it can be downloaded from NetComm
 SL> OnLine BBS by calling (02) 878 3755 or (02) 888 6904.  It's pretty
 SL> easy to install

Can V2.61L be applied to my existing F2.43L?

 SL> 3. Is this M11F used on your BBS?

Yes.

 SL> If it is, I *strongly* recommend that you change the
"#A2" to "#A0".
 SL> If you haven't defined a password it's dead simple for a caller to
 SL> remotely access your modem and frig around with the settings

How can a remote caller fiddle with my modem's settings? I haven't played
with any of the M11F's security options, let alone set a password. Anyway
I have changed the setting to what you suggested. Thanks.

 SL> 4. Now, finally, those extended connect responses...  Use the
"\V1" and
 SL> "%U2"  commands.  Depending on your firmware version you
may only be
 SL> able to use  "%U1" instead of "%U2".

I used %U2, but if I can and do upgrade the firmware, I'll change it to %U1.

 SL> Note: you will have to upgrade your firmware to V2.61L before you
 SL> will see   the "/V.FC" suffix.

Thanks for all your help. This is my new profile:

ACTIVE PROFILE
B0  E1 L1 M1 T Q0 R0 V1 W2 X5 &B4 &C1 &D0 &G0 &H0
&K3 &L0 &M0 &N1 &P1 &R0 &S1
&T4 &X0 &Y0 \A3 \B3 \J0 \K5 \N3 \T0 \V1 \X0 #A0 #B0 #C1 #E0 #F0
#I0 #J1 #K0
#O0 #V1 %B1 %C3 %D0 %E1 %F1 %G0 %H0 %K0 %M0 %N0 %P0 %U2 %X1 -Q0 :E0
S000:000 S002:043 S003:013 S004:010 S005:008 S006:004 S007:030 S008:004
S009:006 S010:018 S011:070 S012:050 S018:000 S025:005 S026:000 S030:000
S033:003 S042:000 S043:015 S045:098 S047:008 S066:010 S067:042 S069:060
&Z0 =                                  &Z1 =
&Z2 =                                  &Z3 =
&Z4 =                                  &Z5 =
&Z6 =                                  &Z7 =
&Z8 =                                  &Z9 =
Last dialled  =
Security      : Off

Johnno

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