[CS-FSLUG] Modem Death

[Fred A. Miller]

Ed Hurst wrote:
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
> 
>> Just for "grins," Ed, have you tried resetting to factory defaults and 
>> going at it again?
> 
> Yes, to answer both you and Frank. There were several different things
> suggested here and there. Nothing changed. It I note I get a click when
> the modem is initialized, but it won't give me a dialtone with ATDT.
> That's the only thing which it didn't obey.

No dial tone............are the lines there by chance a lot of bare 
copper? Is there static on the "line" or any other problem when using 
the phone? If so, static and low voltages can keep modems from working 
properly. Do you have another modem to check the line with?

Fred

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