Bicephale
join:2005-09-24 | reply to mycomputers
Re: Thomson SpeedTouch 5x6v6 FirmWare v6.2.H (v6.2.17.5)
The FirmWare and Upgrade Tool are both in the very 1st post...
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taytong888
join:2005-06-20
Nepean, ON
1 edit | Hello Bicephale,
I just set up Speedtouch 516v6 modem for the first time ever. Set it up in Bridge Mode because it is in front of a router, for a PPPoE connection. Did not change default firmware.
Could you please help me set up DMT tool v 7.35?
When I open DMT, I typed in IP=192.168.1.1 (router) or 192.168.1.112 (PC connected to router) and Port 23. Auto connect when startup. User: Administrator. Password: (Left blank). Clicked Connect button.
Error message:"Connection establishment failed. There's no server running on given port or won't answer". I did temporarily disable the firewall before hand.
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Hi Taytong888,
This is a router issue which this thread can't help you with,
it's a classic that keeps popping up every few months since
the ST5x6 frenzy, a few years ago, so it shouldn't be hard
to find some help around... Possibly over here, for example:
»Connecting DMT through a router to a Speedtouch 516 modem |
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bobo22
join:2007-11-11
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Is it normal that during the upgrade (flashing), the Wizards pops up and says that the modem is not recognized?
Here's how it happened :
While flashing, the power led blinks red/green and when it says that it's not recognized, the modem seems to restart and the firmware seems to have been flashed successfully.
Checked with the Wizard Tool and it reports the new firmware version and says that it's operational. I also have no problem connecting to the internet.
At first, I was spooked because I thought the modem was going to get bricked, but it works fine!
Any ideas why the wizard tool didn't complete? |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Yes, we've seen error messages often enough about a device
being unavailable but it was generally obvious that Thomson's
upgrade wizard isn't always accurate with its interpretations
of the actual events. Perhaps it's simply because of timeouts
while waiting for something to happen which can't be verified
directly before the user observes it himself... 'TFTPD32' would
show you more accurate information as it's not hidden behind
a "Wizard" front-end for dummies, in any case, and that's one
method which corresponds more closely to what's widely used
by many other brand/models anyway. |
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03
Beaconsfield, QC
·ELECTRONICBOX
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Not sure if appropriate thread but...
Does anyone know a ommand line command for the Speedtouch 516 that would show how long the DSL carrier/sync has been on ? (or last time the carrier was lost).
adsl info doesn't provide this information. |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| I don't have an ST on-line right now but i can suggest you to
use the debug feature in 'DMT'. I don't recommend you trust
the ST5x6 counters to be 100 % reliable, though: i believe a
proper way to catch these events is thru external monitoring
tools like 'DSL_StatScope' or 'DMT' in "Diagnosis" mode...
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03
Beaconsfield, QC
·ELECTRONICBOX
| I don't have DMT available.
I just wish DMT folks just documented the commands they send to the modem to get their information.
Because the St516 has a broken/useless syslog, it is hard for an extranal monotor to "catch" sporadic sync drops that last just a few seconds. |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24 | Are you using its SNMP resources? Which client application? OS?...
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03
Beaconsfield, QC
·ELECTRONICBOX
| No, am just telnetting into the modem when needed. Never got around to setting up SNMP for it.
Spent considerable amount of time trying to build its config , removing all the bells and whistles since I just use it as a bridge modem and have since moved to more important matters because it hasn't given me problems. But when the ISP tells you you lost sync (from their point of view), you'd want to check if your modem also saw a loss of sync (which I suspect it did not). |
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Bicephale
join:2005-09-24
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Hummm...
I believe the internal Thomson ST5x6 registers are reliable
enough to generate overall long-term performance graphs,
if monitored externally. But... Should one need to capture
some micro-events with near 100 % reliability then i guess
this may be a more suitable approach:
ST516 - Strange discovery, Bicephale, 2008-Oct-16
What about a classic LM567 tone detector circuit to watch
the pilot tone?!... After all, 276 KHz is well within the chip's
specifications (500 KHz). Such probe would only need to be
loosely coupled and galvanic isolation would ensure that it's
sufficiently safe for testing purposes.
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