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WIC-1ADSL Firmware

What IOS version do you have on the router? New IOS versions will have newer firmware.

c2800nm-advsecurityk9-mz.124-24.T3.bin

at the moment.

Care to try a 15-series release? It will likely have newer firmware for the WIC if there is any available.

Cisco IOS Software, 2800 Software (C2800NM-ADVSECURITYK9-M), Version 15.0(1)M3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

Init FW: ASW_init_3_8_131.bin
Operation FW: ASW_R3_8_131.bin
FW Source: embedded
FW Version: 3.8.131

no difference. The thing is reading online there are people who have shown examples of using external firmware in flash and using 3.9.220 and 3.9.221 for example, but nobody seems to have the actual firmware. Thus my problem.

reply to Dave Lewis
I have a copy of adsl_alc_20190.bin.4.0.15 from Sep/2008. It contains AMR-4.0.015.bin which I think is for the HWIC ADSL hardware (20190 vs. the WIC-1ADSL's 20150.)

Ya I found the same firmware for the 20190. Ther are all sorts of those around the 20150 seems to be much harder to find.

Now unless I'm missing something here if it had the newer firmware it would just pick it up and use it right ? so I'm guessing because it's not an HWIC that they haven't included it into the latest firmware.

reply to Dave Lewis
Do you have any links to those discussions? 3.9.220 would be from a Cisco SOHO/800, as per the tables from Cisco.

I'm not sure new(er) firmware will make any difference. It's not going to magically become an ADSL2+ card. *grin*

reply to Dave Lewis
You need to try a 15-series IOS, that's where I noticed the change. All of a sudden I was running 4-series firmware on my HWIC.

But as I posted above... I tried your idea. I went to a 15 series and it made no difference. Look 6 posts up. 15.0.1M3 and it still reads 3.8.131 on the WIC FW.

reply to cramer
Maybe I'm reading this wrong but in Table 7 here it says there is at least a 3.9.19

»www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collate···c4c.html

and this one talks about the 837, but the same firmware should work. it's the same chipset of DSL card ?

»compgroups.net/comp.dcom.sys.cis···firmware

and of course there was some non-english website which I can't find now that showed someone actually using the newer 3.9.xxx firmware.

Maybe I'm nuts and you just can't do it on anything but a SOHO router ? if anyone had the updated firmware for the 800 series I'd give it a shot..

I'm not looking for DSL2+ where my problem is that I just moved and with my WIC-1ADSL my line syncs at 5meg and 700K, where as if I put one of my ancient 2wire modems on it I get 12meg and 1.2meg up (max sync). SO obviously the WIC's aren't reading the attenuation or something right and are not allowing it to negotiate at at least full 800K. Nobody has been able to tell me what the max a WIC-1ADSL will sync at but it should at least get 800K when an old modem sees an excess of 1meg. I know WIC's are bad for syncing to anything non-Alcatel but I figure a new firmware might help... For troubleshooting etc, I really would rather use the internal WIC, but with that kind of a sync rate difference it's a tough call.

reply to OVERKILL
For giggles I just tried 15.1(2)T, no difference..

So I'm not nuts.. you see it too awesome... the big question is where are they hiding them

reply to Dave Lewis
I found a link for 3.9.221 but of course.... It was dead

reply to Dave Lewis
ADSL firmware 4.10.9 is available for download by anonymous FTP from »ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/access/800. The accompanying document states it is for the Cisco 836. However I believe this has the same Alcatel 20150 chipset as the WIC-1ADSL so it might be worth seeing if it works for you.

IIRC, it was the 837 that has the 20150.

reply to bigsy