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- From: christw@meaddata.com (Christopher C. Wood)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: _______ win95 dial-tone problem _______
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 14:45:05 GMT
- Organization: LEXIS-NEXIS, Dayton OH
- Message-ID: <4ctv1h$595@meaddata.lexis-nexis.com>
- References: <Pine.OSF.3.91l.960107100054.19912C-100000@saul6.u.washington.edu> <30f0d094.414983@news.teleport.com>
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- In article <30f0d094.414983@news.teleport.com>, curt@teleport.com (Curt...) writes:
- |> David Andrade <ez007315@u.washington.edu> wrote:
-
- |> > This is a very strange problem. A machine with the following specs was
- |> > built:
- |> <snip>
- |> > 28.8 kbps Rockwell chipset internal fax/modem
-
- |> > The modem cannot initialize a dialtone from my home phone (i tried 2
- |> > separate lines) But, at the computer vendors store the dial up modem
- |> > connection works fine!
-
- |> > We have replaced the modem 4 times - this is very wierd --
- |> > perhaps it has something to do with dial tone? Why would it work
- |> > on one phone connection but not another? Does anyone have a clue
- |> > to what is going on?
-
- |> May be the dial tone. You might try telling your modem to
- |> blind-dial (dial without waiting for a dial tone) and see if it
- |> works -- if so, thats the problem. Be sure and put a delay before
- |> the dial string -- normally a couple of commas before the first
- |> number.
-
- I'm having similar problems. Since Late November it's been wet, and
- the snow started flying in early December here in west-south-western
- ohio. With the water, my home phone line has started crackling, and
- Modems on my computer (PowerMacintosh) and my wife's computer (486)
- have been having problems. I got a new Motorola Power 28.8, mostly on
- account of the strong review in November (?) MacWorld. It can't
- recognize dial tone. Then I put the Supra 14.4 back, and it wouldn't
- recognize dial-tone either. My wife's machine (generic 14.4 internal
- modem) recognizes dial-tone, and can actually connect to our internet
- service provider -- for about two minutes. Then it gets disconnected.
- We tried setting S10 to something extreme: 255 (Modem waits for 25.5
- seconds after losing carrier before it disconnects). No help - it's
- the ISPs modem.
-
- We're both getting very frustrated. Any suggestions? I'm going to
- call the phone company, and ask about their wire maintenance plan, and
- then see if they'll come out and fix the crackling.
-
- Has anyone else had noisy phone lines prevent a modem from recognizing
- dial tone?
-
- Chris
- --
- Speaking only for myself, of course.
- Chris Wood christw@lexis-nexis.com ChrisCWood@eworld.com
-