On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 17:15, you wrote: > Or I could just have everyone manually disconnect the modem socket when > going to use the phone, which is often what people do anyway (bastards :) > - unfortunately however, this does not change the behaviour of IPCOP.
Plug the 'phone into the 'phone socket on the modem. That's what it's for! > On Monday 08 September 2003 17:07, Col wrote: > > >However - if someone picks up the phone, and the modem gets > > > disconnected, it goes into "modem idle" mode. doh! It seems to think > > > that the RED interface is still active (when it's damn well been > > > disconnected), and won't go back to the "waiting for dial on demand" > > > state until you first issue a 'disconnect' (so it thinks the RED > > > interface is down) and then 'connect' from the web interface. This is > > > most annoying, as it means every time we go to use it someone needs to > > > manually put it into "waiting for dial on demand" mode before it can be > > > used as "dial on demand" again - kinda defeats the purose, no? > > > > I recommend a telephone privacy adaptor. Basically it's a special > > telephone double > > adaptor that cuts off one socket when the other is in use. If you want > > to see what one > > looks like go to www.dse.co.nz and do a search on part F9772. > > > > > > Col. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
