" I have an internal USR modem that goofed up when I would dual-boot. " Win95 would screw it up so that it would not work under Linux. *No* " initialization string would fix this; I had to power off the machine to " properly reset it."
Quoting Keith G. Murphy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hall Stevenson wrote: > > Your problem sounds like a Plug-n-Play one. > [...] I have my doubts. > > You see, the modem actually does work in the sense that you can send > 'AT' strings to it and get 'OK''s back. > > It's just that it never can dial and make a connection successfully. It > seems a more subtle problem than I would think you would have from an > PNP difficulty. Yes, this problem is exactly why I prefer external modems. I power them through a clockwork switch which cuts the power for 15mins at four in the morning. In my case, it's not windows that causes the problem (I don't use it), but just being left on 24/7 for more than a few days. The symptoms are the same - everything (AT, ATDT, etc.) gets to the modem and is reflected back, but the modem never goes off-hook. In some cases, the modem has just answered an incoming call but fails to call back, other times I just decide I want to dial out and it won't. And, yes, it's common to all my USR modems (3 x 33k, 1 x 56k). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
