RE: outbound serial modem now times out or drops connection

2008-06-06 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Mark Stosberg: >> > Trying a new modem (US Robotics external 56k serial modem) did help >> > slightly. With it, we consistently connnect, but then after a short >> > pause the connection is dropped. This is easily reproduced in >> > "minicom": (Using the Sprint TAP modem number here). >> >

RE: outbound serial modem now times out or drops connection

2008-06-06 Thread Mark Stosberg
> > Trying a new modem (US Robotics external 56k serial modem) did help > > slightly. With it, we consistently connnect, but then after a short > > pause the connection is dropped. This is easily reproduced in > > "minicom": (Using the Sprint TAP modem number here). > > > > ATDT18886561727 >

RE: outbound serial modem now times out or drops connection

2008-06-06 Thread Bob McConnell
Mark Stosberg: > > We are using qpage to dial a remote TAP modem (Sprint and Verizon), so > we can send pages about our hosting infrastructure without using the > internet connection. > > Recently it started failing consistently with "timeout to connect". > I first suspected the remote modem (Sp

outbound serial modem now times out or drops connection

2008-06-06 Thread Mark Stosberg
We are using qpage to dial a remote TAP modem (Sprint and Verizon), so we can send pages about our hosting infrastructure without using the internet connection. Recently it started failing consistently with "timeout to connect". I first suspected the remote modem (Sprint), but found I got the sam