Re: Modem is not working

[Alex <radsky ncia net>]

"Peter van Alphen (ETM)" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have connect my modem to my COM2 port, when i try to dail-in to my dail-back server with the command below, it stops when i try to access cua1 (com2). The error is that the machine cannot make connection to my modem. Does anyone know what the cause is.
>
> dip -t -v -m 1500            (from  prompt)
> DIP>port cua1
> DIP>default
> DIP>get $remote <ip-address>
> DIP>term
> ats0=1
> atdt<phone-no>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Peter van Alphen
>
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This sounds exactly like a problem I had.   I learned that my modem was made for Windows only (a Winmodem) so I added another modem that had to be set to the COM port and IRQ with jumpers on the board.  It solved the problem.