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Computer suddenly wont detect dial tone
I am having a severe problem with my modem being able to recognize a
dial tone I have been trying to fix this for 10 hours and at this point am really frustrated... Here is the story - Last weekend, the modem got unplugged. This should be no big deal since we live in an area that looses power frequently.... We tried to connect to the internet before realizing the modem was unplugged, and recieved an error. The modem was plugged back in, and it said "there is no dial tone detected, please check to make sure that the modem is connected correctly" From there I have tried everything I can think of * uninstalled the modem, and reinstalled it with the original drivers * Checked to make sure that the phone line was connected correctly I am able to connect through the same phone line with a laptop computer running windows xp with an internal modem. * Unchecked the wait for dial tone box * Forced dialed with the AT X0 command. I have also used the init settings of xxx, x3, ,,,, and several others. I can get the computer to dial without detecting a dial tone first, but it wont connect even when dialing * Ensured that I have no port errors * Tried both com1 and com2 mutliple times * Uninstalled and reinstalled DUN * tried a different modem * Used hyperterm to try to dial - same problem, no dialtone. I can force dial, but get no connect * tried both jacks on the back of both modems * checked to make sure that my cables are in good working condition, and replaced them * reinstalled the winsock.dll files * chekced to make sure there where no communication programs running * no port conflicts * verified my TCP/IP settings * I have client for mircrosoft networks, microsoft family logon, dial up adapter, and TCP/IP in the network configuration It is a windows 98 computer, with an external modem. The two modems I have tried are US robotics 36.6 and a CNet v.90 56k externally connected through a serial cable. In the modems control panel, I am able to run the diagnostics on the us robotics modem and get no errors, eith the CNet modem, it tries to run the diagnositcs, and states that there is no dial tone. I can see that the computer is communicating with the modem, as the lights turn on, and blink. I always get the error, "there is no dialtone or your modem is not connected correctly" I had this same problem last august, and spent many days trying to correct it. I remember that once I got it working it was a computer problem, and not a modem problem. I don't remember for the life of me what I did to get it working, (teaches me not to write these things down!) At that point I thought that it was a broken modem, purchased a new one, and had trouble with the new one. Once I got it working, I remember thinking, that it wasn't a broken modem, that the old one would still work, and maybe I should return the new one.... For the life of me I can't figure this out... Please help if you can Julia |
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try the modem's country settings if it has them, it may be trying to detect
the wrong type of dial tone -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387 Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ wrote in message oups.com... I am having a severe problem with my modem being able to recognize a dial tone I have been trying to fix this for 10 hours and at this point am really frustrated... Here is the story - Last weekend, the modem got unplugged. This should be no big deal since we live in an area that looses power frequently.... We tried to connect to the internet before realizing the modem was unplugged, and recieved an error. The modem was plugged back in, and it said "there is no dial tone detected, please check to make sure that the modem is connected correctly" From there I have tried everything I can think of * uninstalled the modem, and reinstalled it with the original drivers * Checked to make sure that the phone line was connected correctly I am able to connect through the same phone line with a laptop computer running windows xp with an internal modem. * Unchecked the wait for dial tone box * Forced dialed with the AT X0 command. I have also used the init settings of xxx, x3, ,,,, and several others. I can get the computer to dial without detecting a dial tone first, but it wont connect even when dialing * Ensured that I have no port errors * Tried both com1 and com2 mutliple times * Uninstalled and reinstalled DUN * tried a different modem * Used hyperterm to try to dial - same problem, no dialtone. I can force dial, but get no connect * tried both jacks on the back of both modems * checked to make sure that my cables are in good working condition, and replaced them * reinstalled the winsock.dll files * chekced to make sure there where no communication programs running * no port conflicts * verified my TCP/IP settings * I have client for mircrosoft networks, microsoft family logon, dial up adapter, and TCP/IP in the network configuration It is a windows 98 computer, with an external modem. The two modems I have tried are US robotics 36.6 and a CNet v.90 56k externally connected through a serial cable. In the modems control panel, I am able to run the diagnostics on the us robotics modem and get no errors, eith the CNet modem, it tries to run the diagnositcs, and states that there is no dial tone. I can see that the computer is communicating with the modem, as the lights turn on, and blink. I always get the error, "there is no dialtone or your modem is not connected correctly" I had this same problem last august, and spent many days trying to correct it. I remember that once I got it working it was a computer problem, and not a modem problem. I don't remember for the life of me what I did to get it working, (teaches me not to write these things down!) At that point I thought that it was a broken modem, purchased a new one, and had trouble with the new one. Once I got it working, I remember thinking, that it wasn't a broken modem, that the old one would still work, and maybe I should return the new one.... For the life of me I can't figure this out... Please help if you can Julia |
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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:29:18 -0300, "AlmostBob"
put finger to keyboard and composed: try the modem's country settings if it has them, it may be trying to detect the wrong type of dial tone If that were the case, then the modem should have connected after it was told to ignore the dialtone using the Xn commands. -- Franc Zabkar Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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