Re: Unable to Dial From my modem

[Tarun Shrivastava <tarun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Srinath,
The problem must be in your telephone instrument, if it is in between than
it creates the problem ? am I right ? Try changing the instrument
(telephone) in between. I got it solved at one place.


Tarun Shrivastava
 

On Mon, 31 May 1999, N.S.Srinath wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have got a strange problem with my comp.  It is P-100, dual boot (Win95,
> RH 5.0(PCQ)).  I have a TCP/IP connection with VSNL.
> 
> Some days, my modem (Boca 33.6K) refuses to detect dial tone, whatever 
> the init string is.  After much work, I got thro' this problem - not
> technically, I don't know much about the hardware parts.  
> 
> I just unhooked my main phone (hardwired to the telephone pole), and
> dialed using my modem, and presto, it detected the dial tone,  and I
> could get connected to internet!!  I don't know why it is behaving like
> this.  I think it may be due to some h/w problem in my comp, because in
> both linux and Win95, it is behaving alike.
> 
> My comp is an assembled one - and everyone knows how the customer support
> of these people is.  So, I just kept quiet, and I was planning to go thro'
> the working of modem etc. in detail.  As I am busy, I haven't got that
> much time.  As this discussion came here, I thought I might just get some
> solution to my rather strange problem.
> 
> TIA, sorry for this long mail,
> Srinath.
> 
> 
>  On Mon, 31 May 1999, S Chetan Kumar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > NO DIALTONE
> > 
> > So my modem is not able to recognise the dial tone. Well Mr Gandhi, can
> > you give the S register settings on ur modem. Like if you run minicom what
> > are the initilation you do.
> 
> 
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