On Monday 17 December 2001 12:11 pm, Ken Thompson wrote: > I have an older external 28.800 modem that simply will not operate in 8.1 > using any of the www dialers, KPPP and the like. I get a return in the log > window of O and then it just hangs there forever with 3 lights on. > If I install an internal modem the log window will show a return of OK then > go on to dial the specified number. The internal modem was set to ttyS3 and > the external has been tried on all ports from ttyS0 through ttyS3 with the > same results. > If I open miniterm and atz, atdt xxx-xxxx, it dials and connects to my ISP. > GIGO (Garbage In Garbage Out) of course and it can't be used at this point > for anything useful. > This modem worked fine under 8.0 and back. > Anybody have a cure or any thought on this????? > Oh, I've tried this modem on 2 separate machines with no joy...
Ken: Have you changed the BIOS serial port setting when going from internal (should be disabled) to external (should be enabled)? Usually, external modems are on COM2/ttyS1. HTH -- cmg
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