Firmwareupdate for Zyxel U1496B

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Hi,

Marc Eberhard wrote:
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> > Or has anybody done an update to a U1496B with another Firmwareversion
> > which works with mgetty and can mail me the binaries?
> 
> mgetty works and worked with _every_ firmware release, so this is _no_
> problem with mgetty, it is a problem with your Eproms. 

While the sentence "mgetty works with _every_ firmware release" is not
fully true [some firmware versions have badly broken fax code], I agree
with Marc and Robert, that *this* behaviour hints at "broken" Eproms:

 - swapped U24/U25 eproms
 - mixed up rom images for different modems (you write rm616b.u24 and
   rm616.u25 - if that wasn't a typo, your u25 eprom is for a "E" while
   the u24 is for the "B")
 - inserted Eprom the wrong way
 - badly programmed Eprom (have had this myself)

 - modem damaged by static charge

I have upgrade most of my ZyXELs at least two times, but never seen
*this* behaviour so far.  But look into the manual for a description
of the error codes ("troubleshooting").

gert

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