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- From: Victor Shaw <casio@u.washington.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Disabling Call Waiting on INCOMING calls
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:04:58 -0800
- Organization: University of Washington
- Message-ID: <3150810A.6389@u.washington.edu>
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- Peter wrote:
- >
- > Greetings,
- >
- > I'm using Remote Access Service on a Windows NT server to allow me to
- > dial in from home. My home PC is running Windows 95 and I have a new
- > Sportster 28.8/33.6 in each machine.
- > I've updated the modem.inf files and everthing is working like a
- > charm.
- >
- > BUT, I have one problem. I would like to use the dial-back
- > capability in the Windows NT server so that I can have my office pick
- > up the cost of the call. My problem is that I have CALL WAITING at
- > home and I can count on being beeped just when I'm doing something
- > crucial.
- >
- > Is there an answer string that will disable call waiting? Call
- > waiting can be disabled on my system by using *70, which works fine
- > on out going sessions.
- >
- > I've tried several combinations using flash hook (!) to try to switch
- > over on answer, dial the *70, then switch back but no success.
- >
- > Thanks for any help.
-
- How do you make modem disconnect with CALL WAITING? I have CALL WAITING
- service but I cannot make my modem disconnect when a second call comes
- in. Is it possible if you could email me your modem configuration? I
- have USR 28.8 Vi modem.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Victor.
-