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- From: bugs@looneytoons.com (Bugs)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Please HELP -Modem Problem From HELL!!
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 10:45:18 GMT
- Organization: j%nki~wÇRJ3M-26XPLZ8L-BFGD44CT-1EA6BC82
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- Damm that sucks borrow a friggin computer from a friend for a day
- {that you know connects fine} you'll know if its your phone line or
- not !!!!!!
-
- On 5 Apr 1996 01:04:26 GMT, sbmoore@infi.net (Scott) wrote:
-
- >Thanks for reading my posting. Hopefully you might have some answers for
- >what has become the MODEM PROBLEM FROM HELL!!! The problem is that I am
- >intermittently getting Disconnected... sometimes I'm connected to my ISP
- >for 5 mins, sometimes 45 mins, but it always ends with me getting
- >disconnected. Here's the vitals: I've tried a Motorola 28.8 Lifestyle
- >and a USR Sportster, still got knocked off and I verified that both modems
- >work fine by connecting them up to my PC at work and they'll run all day
- >without a problem. Since they're both externals and I had 'em on com2
- >I tried them on com1... no change. Found out I had the SMC Multi I/O
- >chip that has had it's share of problems and bad press, so I put in
- >another serial board with a genuine 16550AF UART and called it com3.
- >Still got disconnected. I was using Internet Chameleon so I switched
- >to Trumpet Winsock... Still got knocked off. Hmmmmm...... I have tried
- >different serial cables, phone cords, ect but now I'm starting to suspect
- >the phone line itself. Am I MAD??? It's really driving me NUTS!!! I
- >cannot pin it down to a certain time of the day, happens with WinVn,
- >Netscape, Free Agent, so I can't say it's s/w specific either. Hmmmmmmmm
- >mmmmm.... different ports, modems, cables, winsocks...WHAT's NEXT!!!
- >Any help or info is very much appreciated!!!
- >Regards,
- >Scott
- >sbmoore@infi.net
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