Re: flexfax: Same computer, new phone line, no dial tone

[Bill Suetholz <bill@centonline.com>]

I've seen similar behavior in other modems when you have the phone line
plugged into the phone port instead of the line port on the modem.

Just to point out a simple fix...

Bill Suetholz


>On 21 Nov 1997, Felix Morley Finch wrote:
>
> I moved, got another phone line, and using the same computer, same
> software, it no longer dials out.  Complains about NO DIAL TONE.  I'm
> pretty sure it's a modem problem because cu with a manual atdt1234567
> has the same problem.  A phone works fine whether routed thru the
> modem card or not, and the NO DIAL TONE error shows up whether the
> phone is routed thru the modem card or not connected at all.
> 
> I can hear it go off hook very briefly, then NO DIAL TONE.
> 
> It's a several year old USR COURIER.
> 
> I have an ISDN line for the net connection, so there should be no
> problem there.
> 
> Could the phone line quality somehow be causing this?  Or does anybody
> have any other clues?
> 
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