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- Path: cs.mu.OZ.AU!mundoe!yang
- From: yang@mundoe.maths.mu.OZ.AU (YS Yang (~{QnSqK+~}))
- Subject: Re: Phone busy with long cable. ok with short one.
- Message-ID: <9603111.6369@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU (CS-Usenet)
- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- References: <310B8816.58C4@compserve.com> <DLwF5I.K90@iglou.com>
- Distribution: aus
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 00:56:13 GMT
-
- Howard Reid <hlreid@iglou.com> writes:
-
- >Richard Wolken <100611.271@compserve.com> wrote:
- >>As the subject describes, with a 6 meter modem cable my phone
- >>line is always busy while the modem is DISconnected.
- >>Using the shorter 2meter cable frees the phone line when
- >>I disconnect, as normal.
- >>
- >>Could this really be because of the length, or because the cable is
- >>somehow just different?
- >>
- >>I'll have to reorganise the whole living room if I have to
- >>use the shorter cable. :-(
- >>
- >>BTW. I'm in Germany, the PC is Win95, the modem is Creatix 14.4
-
- >Richard,
-
- >It is overwhelmingly more likely that the 6 meter cable is defective,
- >than that the 4 meter difference in length is causing the problem.
-
- >Why not completely avoid the model cable question by using a phone line
- >extension >TO< the modem and position the modem adjacent to your
- >computer?
-
- Get three 2-meter cables and test them individually. Then connect them
- together to form a 6-meter one. You should know if it is a cable length
- problem or not. I also have the strong feeling that your old 6-meter cable
- is defective.
-
- Sam
-
-