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- Path: magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!szatezal
- From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How to reset sportster
- Date: 2 Jan 1996 18:47:11 GMT
- Organization: The Ohio State University
- Message-ID: <4cbujf$494@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- References: <4c4qsp$c0d@ccrwest.ccrwest.org>
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- Keywords: reset modem sportster
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- In article <4c4qsp$c0d@ccrwest.ccrwest.org>,
- David G. Cantor <dgc@ccrwest.org> wrote:
- >I have a 28.8 sportser internal modem which I am using under linux
- >and Windows95. While the modem works well, on more than one occasion
- >while I was debugging a modem script under linux, the modem has gotten
- >into some sort of state which I am unable to reset without POWERING
- >DOWN the computer. Rebooting doesn't fix the problem.
- >
- >What happens is that the modem won't accept any input. It doesn't
- >respond to any "AT" command, not even "AT" alone. I've tried "+++",
- >playing with dtr, etc. without success.
- >
- >Is there any way to force this modem to reset without having to power
- >down?
-
- I noticed this same effect when ppp'ing into OSU. If their modems
- drop the connection, the 33.6k sportster will go into said "state".
- Unplugging the phone line from it a few times & dialing out *sometimes* works.
-
- The best thing to do is quit whatever program was using the device (ie
- dial-up networkgin), and startup one that does. (ie I launch procomm+)
- It takes over the device - then quit it and launch dial-up networking.
-
- This, of course, works for win95, which I think is the problem
- here. As for linux, I can't help ya there.
-
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