I was inclined to say "It's a winmodem", but something similar happened to me last night. Arachne failed to connect two or three times in a row, then I gave up and went to bed.
I'll investigate futher this evening. Is it hard to find a real modem, or is it hard to find a CHEAP real modem. If someone really wants a real modem, then he should try an external one. It is more expensive, but worthy. I use a US Robotics 56k Faxmodem. Bought this spring. Brand new. At the store, they had also a sophisticated internal US Robotics .., but although they claimed it was a real modem, I went for the external one On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Gregor Jones wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 17:25:37 -0500 (EST) > From: Gregor Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: actiontec modems > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, jimmy keffer wrote: > > > ok did that login went fine see the ppp strings but when i hit f7 > > arachne said no ip > > Very, very strange...that modem is the one I used for testing Arachne and > confirming it works with a PCI modem. > > Which ISP are you are dialling in to? (I can perhaps get some information > from their web support pages.) > > What machine are you running this on. What does the BIOS report (if > anything) for IRQs used. Should not be sharing IRQs, which might mean > moving the modem to a different slot. > > Check that you have a correct modem init string (should be AT&F&C1&D2W2, > but AT&F should be sufficient. Just make sure it is not ATZ). > > Something may have got mangled: > > 1. Less drastic measure. Look at ARACHNE.CFG in a text editor and check > everything looks fine. > > 2. More drastic measure. Delete ARACHNE.CFG and rerun Arachne Setup. > > 3. Very drastic measure. Delete all of Arachne and reinstall. > > Good Luck. This must be very frustrating. > > -- > Gregor J Jones mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Boston MA > > >
