Re: TP701 modem keeps droppping line

[Axel Hartmann <axel.hartmann@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de>]

whoops, first one went straight to epbrown... so i forward myself to the list:
>hi again,
>
>>|:until now i thought that i just had a bad telephone line,
>>|:but now it's getting pretty bad. my built-in modem drops
>>|:the line usually after about 7-9 minutes on-line... 
>>|:in the beginning it was better during the night, but now 
>>|:even that isn't so.
>>	What's your init string?  Mine's at&f1&c1, and I'm fine.
>
>to be honest, i don't know. i'm using the win95 plus pack,
>and it worked pretty much out of the box. i didn't tell it
>any at-commands, and i can't find any in any of the dialog
>boxes, and i'm sure that i have gone through all of them.
>where do i put that string you mention? please describe the
>box and how you get there - i'm using the german win95 and
>have to guess/translate as i go along... whoops, there goes my
>connection, again.
>by the way, a lot of the times, i hear a noise similar to the
>phone picking up the line, only a little less loud, during
>the connection. sometimes it's ok, but often, the connection
>will then be lost. i guess that's "just" line-noise, because
>i get it on voice calls, too, and sometimes i get noises like
>that when the modem is plugged on the line, but not in use...
>
>it's real nice to get answers this fast, by the way,
>thanks,
>
>axel
>
>

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