On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Edgar Peinelt wrote:
> Philip,
> in my experience "no dial tone" indicates a hardware problem -most likely
> a pin-out problem. Your "German" 230 needs the DAA adapter you mentioned,
> an expensive little gadget invented to comply with different national
> telecom standards (here with those of the late Bundespost) and to make
> Apple a little extra money. Plugging your (italian) cable into this
> device will not ipso facto connect you to the phone net. Have you ever
> successfully sent a fax? If not, you may need the appropriate phone jack
> adapter to switch pin-outs (or slice open the cable and start switching
> wires manually).
> As to the software - I don't know about geoport, but FreePPP and TCP/IP
> (part of Open Transport) should be sufficient to connect you to the
> Internet when set up correctly.
> Just my 2p
> Greetings from Berlin
> Edgar
Good points aboutthe DA adapter. If it is a Germna one, maybe it wouldn't
work with Italian phones. However, that would surprise me.
FreePPP and Open Transport are not sufficient to connect via the express
modem. The express modem is a lot like a winmodem from the PC world. It
requires special software to work (In the case of a WinModem, it requires
windows). The express modem requires the Apple software to be installed,
and can then be turned on or off by the user. If you are not using your
modem, it should be turned off, for it uses processor cycles and extra
power.
Tom
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