Hi All,

It's actually changed a little since that letter was drafted. The only things
that will stop me backing up your modem config are pinholing telnet and/or
changing the admin password. Generally when there are DSLAM upgrades I back up
the whole country to maximise my chances of having a config file when it comes
time to upgrade any given area.

The biggest problem we're having is Joe user not understanding that he should
just plug his M(W)1122 in when he went to bed on the night of a DSLAM upgrade.
As soon as the cards are changed around 3am his modem will come online and the
scripts will pick him up and upload his config. You truely would not believe how
many times I have seen modems plugged in and automatically configured with the
username/passwords/ethernet ip addresses etc only to have the user come in and
make a miistake with the username/password and take the PPP interface down.

If anyone has any questions or comments about what the scripts can pick up in
your old config and put on your new modem pelase post them here as it would help
us to automatically configure more users.

Cheers,

Andrew

Dan Langille wrote:

> I received my notice of modem upgrade today. Of note are the following
> points:
>
> ###
> If you have a custom configured modem, then please note that we will
> not be able to capture this configuration (in the 48 hours leading up to
> the upgrade) and copy it down to the new modem if any of the following
> is true:
>
> 1.You have pinholed port 23 (Telnet)
> 2.You have changed the modem console prompt or name
> 3.You have changed the admin password If any of the above is true,
> then you will need to manually re-configure your new modem.
> ###
>
> By "custom configured modem", do they mean pinholes? or more?
>
> At present, I do have port 23 pinholed. But I'm not worried about having
> to reprogram the pinholes. Mind you, I'll probably unpinhole it before the
> change.
>
> With all the recent traffic on M1122's can someone please go through
> the major points and summarize the important ones and I'll add them to
> an FAQ? I think this started sometime while I was overseas (mid
> October) so I've missed most of it. It's caught me rather unawares
> actually.
>
> How far through the upgrade process are we?
> --
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