on 04/10/00 12:39, Kris Feldmann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> This PB did NOT come with the internal modem -- I have an external Teleport
>> Platnium (which came with the 2300) and which I plug into the printer port.
>> I've set up remote acces to dial my local Earthink account. Now I get an
>> error "the connection attempt has failed. the modem is currently in use by
>> another application." I suspect something is up with the chooser?
>
> By 'remote access' I hope you don't mean Apple Remote Access, that is not
> intended to be able to dial an ISP. It's supposed to dial another Mac.
> Leave the Teleport control panel installed because it has a nice "Reset"
> button which can reset the modem if needed. If you have the GV fax
> software installed you _must_ set it to not listen for incoming calls.
> This gives exactly the error you are reporting. I believe that AppleTalk
> must also be turned off (can be done from the Chooser).
>
> I'd recommend installing FreePPP and OpenTransport (not OpenTransport PPP,
> because the default installation has a broken Global Village modem
> script). That combination is very easy to get going. In the PPP Config
> control panel you will select the "Modem/Printer" port, which after you
> click on the drop-down list will be the only choice.
>
Sorry, but the last versions of Remote Access do indeed dialup and establish
a PPP session, like FreePPP or any other dialup application would do. I've
used it for more than 2 years before getting a cable modem.
-Laurent.
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