brentmisato
07-07-2003, 12:54 AM
I'm having a problem with my modems. Two of them to be precice.
1) I have an internal US Robotics 56k Win, passes all the diagnostic tests, dials, it'll even let you use a regular phone through it. However, it won't pick up a dialtone whatsoever. Nothing happened to it either, I'd gone outside for a smoke one day, had been using it perfectly for over two years with no hitch, evn when I upgraded to ME (and a month afterward, XP Pro) seems to work just wonderfully in theory, but I simply can't get a dialtone to come up. I can even get said tone from a phone attached through it, which I think is just odd.
2) So I got an external modem, specifically, a hand-me-down External by the name of 'Modem Blaster model DE5625'. It seemed to be a godsend initially, but the thing seems to randomly stop downloading, and the 'Clear to Send' light also randomly goes out. At first I thought it was people calling me, but determined that to be wrong. The real kicker is that I had to give up Everquest, because the CS light would always go out within five minutes of me signing in, if not while signing in, and I could never stay connected (as any EQ'er will tell you, going LD can sooo get you killed). I've only been able to find one version of the driver for this thing on the net, and it's not signed for XP.
3) I'm poor. I can't afford my own, much better internet service, so I have to go through my female's AO(explitive deleted)L account and that just makes things ten times worse, simply because it's AOL, and not a real ISP. If I had my way, I'd be connecting through the RJ-45 port on the back of my box, but I can't.
Any sugguestions welcome. I've done all I can think of.
1) I have an internal US Robotics 56k Win, passes all the diagnostic tests, dials, it'll even let you use a regular phone through it. However, it won't pick up a dialtone whatsoever. Nothing happened to it either, I'd gone outside for a smoke one day, had been using it perfectly for over two years with no hitch, evn when I upgraded to ME (and a month afterward, XP Pro) seems to work just wonderfully in theory, but I simply can't get a dialtone to come up. I can even get said tone from a phone attached through it, which I think is just odd.
2) So I got an external modem, specifically, a hand-me-down External by the name of 'Modem Blaster model DE5625'. It seemed to be a godsend initially, but the thing seems to randomly stop downloading, and the 'Clear to Send' light also randomly goes out. At first I thought it was people calling me, but determined that to be wrong. The real kicker is that I had to give up Everquest, because the CS light would always go out within five minutes of me signing in, if not while signing in, and I could never stay connected (as any EQ'er will tell you, going LD can sooo get you killed). I've only been able to find one version of the driver for this thing on the net, and it's not signed for XP.
3) I'm poor. I can't afford my own, much better internet service, so I have to go through my female's AO(explitive deleted)L account and that just makes things ten times worse, simply because it's AOL, and not a real ISP. If I had my way, I'd be connecting through the RJ-45 port on the back of my box, but I can't.
Any sugguestions welcome. I've done all I can think of.