modem dialling prob

[DA]

I'm having trouble installing my old 33.6 isa modem (want to use multilink with a usr courier), its internal and I have had it working on my comp before.

I get it all installed and the modem diagnostic check reports everything is normal, however if I try to dial out it just says 'dial tone not detected'. I have checked all the cables and tried the tick box to remove dialtone checking but it still doesn't work.

can n e one help me ?

thx for your time,
DA

[chuckiechan]

If you have a serial mouse, try the plug-in port if you have an adaptor. If I use a seriel port mouse and forget this conflict, I have the same problem.

Hope this helps.

[huili]

your modem was burnt, because we install 67 new modems for our customers last week, they all have the same problem.

[DA]

burnt as in dead ?
it works in my other comp tho, think it could be a win98 or irq thing (my other comp uses 95a)

[DSEG]

With WIN98 anything is possible and it Bill gates never ceases to amaze me just how many updates with just as many problems can he get away with.

At first i though a cable but you said it works in your other machine under win95a.

What you can do is what i am doing and it aint multilink PPP. Never got anywhere with that as ISP`s although they say they support it they usually just mean for DUAL ISDN and not analogue modems. GO to www.midcore.com or search for a product called Midpoint Teamer or Midpoint Companion. With this software you can run 2 modems on 2 phone lines connected to 1 computer and ... welll for 2 v90 modems i can get speeds of 12 to 14k per sec. web pages are very very fast and you can use different speed modems, internal and external... i even have tried it with a 3com message modem ext and a pcmcia 33.6 on my laptop and it works fantastic. You ISP only have to support multiple logins... you can even dial in to one isp with one modem and a different isp with the other .... its the best