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- From: "G. Dragon" <Vadim@infsviaz.msk.su>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Help: need to debug a modem problem.
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 10:48:53 +0300
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- Vamsee Lakamsani <Vamsee.Lakamsani@att.com> wrote:
-
- >...
- >I have a Digicom Scout Plus 14.4k internal fax modem that
- >chokes (many CRC errors) when I download anything that
- >is not text (GIFs, .exe, .gz, .zip files etc.).
-
- Maybe flow control XON/XOFF problems? Try RTS/CTS.
-
- >I have the
- >same problem uploading too with the exception that my FAX
- >(from MS Word + WinFax) goes out just fine. Once
- >it chokes, I have to reconnect even to get/put text files.
- >...
- >I have the following questions.
- >
- >2. [...] Can I
- >connect an external modem on this port? I tried it but couldn't
- >figure out a way to tell my computer to use that external modem.
- >My computer continues to look for the internal modem even if I remove
- >my internal modem card. When a computer works with an internal modem
- >in a given expansion slot, does it mean that COM2 is hardwired to that
- >particular expansion slot and cannot be used with an external modem or
- >an internal modem in a different expansion slot?
- >
-
- I believe that your problem is hidden among software configuration
- parameters. Your internal modem may have been configured as COM2, but
- when the the card is removed, you should't have problems with external
- modem. Check your software setup.
-
- Regards, G. Dragon
-
-