> On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 23:30:59 +0000, Mel Evans, Registered Arachne User wrote:
> Hi guys 'n gals,
> New (second hand, new to me!) 'puter today! 233, big Hard Drive 2.1G
> lots of room for software, fast on the html and so on..
> It's got a Rockwell internal modem of some kind. Arachne detects it on
> com1, IRQ4 and inputs info into ppp dialler ok. When asked to dial,
> Arachne says it can't initialize the modem. Any ideas anyone?
> The machine dials in on IE ok. How can I find out if this modem is a
> windows crippleware item and what com port it is actually on so as to
> confirm if Arachne is identifying it correctly in the ppp wizard?
> Oh, and it should be a fast modem, 56k plus fax and all that garbage
> according to the machine specifications.
Most systems will use COM1 for the mouse and COM2 for the modem. You
might want to change Arachne's settings to COM2 and see what happens.