MyWi Modems need to be reset (v5 prob ??)

[loosecannon]

hi there since very recently the modem has to be hard reset once signal is lost [unplug ant ...] this was not needed until recently and nothing i do seems to help ... [using Linux/USB]...

anyone spotted this know a work arround for this ??

 

[guest2013-1]

nope, when signal is lost mine just starts searching for a new tower till it either finds the old one or a new one I'm not able to connect to. Then I have to get up and reset the modem till it locks onto a tower I CAN connect to.

Now, if you can tell me how to reset the modem without lifting my ass, I'd be impressed

Hell, my gran on a scooter with a memory stick is faster than Sentech's MyWireless!

 

[dorris]

Look at the thread directly next to this one http://www.myadsl.co.za/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4570&whichpage=2, proasms mysignal has been able to do it since v4 i think, it might have been earlier.

 

[beerygaz]

Yup, same problem here (Fedora Core 2 with PPPoE). When the modem loses signal, and then regains it, I still keep getting :

LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
pppd[21179]: Connection terminated.
pppoe[21180]: Timeout waiting for PADS packets

This repeats until I reset my modem manually and restart pppd and then we're off again.

Is this similar to your problem loose?

 

[regardtv]

Listening to what was explained concerning the "features" of the v5 firmware it may be that the modem now manually does tower hunting ... you may be best suited with v 4.2.1.8 loosecannon.

 

[loosecannon]

that is the version im running ... i the problem krept in with the tower upgrade ...