Hmm...but I don't know if I totally want to disable call-waiting; I only have one phone line, so I have a catch-call device that lets calls come in. But if this is going to be a problem I suppose I might have to get a second line or something. Broadband here is ungodly expensive or I'd switch back to that.
Terrence On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, David R. Sky wrote: > In my DOS modem software, I have the following four symbols in something > called "cial init string" or something. It is what the modem dials before it > dials the actual telephone number: > > 70 number-sign comma comma > > that is, > > 70#,, > > This prevents "call alert" from interrupting modem connections. I do not know > if this will work where you live, or if there are different numbers to > accomplish the same thing. The two commas are to create a pause in dialing > to allow time for the 70# instruction to get registered by the telephone > system. > > David > > > > > On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thanks for the yahoo tip; I'll go ahead and try that. I have a few more >> questions though: >> First, every time I reboot, I have to reinstall my modem driver. >> It's like it gets killed every time. I'm installed to the hard drive and >> everything. >> Second, is there a way to efficiently disconnect the modem without >> having it get clogged up? For example, the following scenario drives me >> mad: >> I'm logged into the net, and going along just fine...and then >> someone calls and my modem gets kicked off. But it's still trying to >> get back that lost connection. Because it's still sitting there blabbing >> at me and distracting me from my conversation, I go into that buffer and >> hit ctrl-c Ctrl-C. But then when I go to wvdial again, the program can't >> get access to the modem. Can I do anything about this? Is there a better >> way to disengage wvdial, for this type of situation or because I need to >> make a phone call? >> >> Thanks, >> Terrence >> _______________________________________________ >> Oralux mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux >> > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Oralux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux > > _______________________________________________ Oralux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freearchive.org/mailman/listinfo/oralux
