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- From: Stark Maynard <sjm@cloudnet.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Compaq modems
- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 19:46:43 -0600
- Organization: Cloudnet, St. Cloud, MN
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- Herschel R wrote:
- >
- > First, does Compaq actually make the modems that come in the
- > Presario (internal 28.8) or does another company of known
- > variety supply them. And second, a friend just bought the
- > Presario Pentium 120 and his windows 95 dial up networking
- > will not connect with the modem. It simply gives the message
- > that the modem is not responding and this is after we have
- > turned off the irritating Compaq phone monitoring device.
- >
- > His internet provider and mine stated that the new compaqs
- > are a big problem as far as modem connecting through dial up
- > networking through the win 95 dialer. The AOL and compuserve
- > software which comes on the compaq does successfully connect
- > through the modem but I was told that this is not a tcp/ip
- > connection and that these use their own dialer.
- >
- > Has anyone had this similar problem with Compaq and have you
- > solved it so that you can direct connect to the internet by
- > win 95's tcp/ip stack?
-
- I have a COMPAQ Presario CDS 992 which came with a 14,400 modem.
- Upon upgrading to an internal 28,800 I discovered that the original
- modem could not (at least not easily) be physically removed so I
- had to access the Configuration and Diagnostics Menu (pressing the F10 key
- right after the first two beeps on boot up). One then selects
- computer setup and disables the original modem. Then just install
- the new modem which should work with your connection to the internet.
- Having owned the COMPAQ for a few months I am rapidly coming to the
- conclusion that, purposefully or not, they like to make life difficult
- for the user. Whether it's installing a modem or a backup tape unit,
- there seems to be extra aggrivations (and expenses) that I don't believe
- are present in some other brands. Proprietary fittings may be in the
- financial interest of the company but they can be a real pain for the end
- user, especially one new to trying to install upgrades. By the way, how does
- one disable the annoying Phone Operator? Mine keeps poping up and
- overstaying his welcome.
-