Modem gurus in here!!!

[weestro]

Okay I recently installed a new ABIT VA6 board with a PII 266 clocked at 300Mhz. I am currently on my 3rd modem (Modem Blaster- ISA) and an interesting thing is happening: They are recognized and install fine but when I try to dial my ISP the modem will dial okay but disconnect before the host side has a chance to answer. It will retry the full amount of times dialing then disconnecting prematurely each time. Anyone know how to configure the disconnect behavior of modems or perhaps ports?

(ps..Win98)

[TechJumper]

Try this:

open the dialing properties window, and infront of the number, type three commas, this will allow the modem to pause before continuing.

Mike

[Harold7]

Try this site for info on modems and how to configure them. http://modems.rosenet.net/

[BFlurie]

Look @ this -- but it's pretty cryptic: http://www.banjo.com/modem1.html

Here's an excerpt from Axcel's Modem tips -- these would be added in the "Extra settings" box in Modem Properties:

S0=0
disables auto-answer.

S10=60
avoids line dropping for "noisy" lines, extending the duration your modem
waits to hang up after a loss of carrier (default is S10=14). Measured in
tenths (1/10) of a second. This allows your modem to distinguish between line
noise and a true disconnect (hang up) by the remote (ISP) modem. In this
example my modem will remain connected without a carrier for 6 seconds;

S11=35
cuts tone (NOT pulse!) dialing duration and spacing by 2/3 (default is
S11=100). Measured in milliseconds. This is the value I use, but you may need
to increase it to S11=50 (1/2) if you experience frequent connect errors;

S15=2
or:
S15=128
S15=2 disables connection restraints. S15=128 disables V.42 (older 33.6 kbps
connect protocol) operation completely (default is S15=0);

S27=16
or:
S27=64
S27=16 disables older MNP 2-4 compression protocol. S27=64 disables V.42
(older 33.6 kbps) connect protocol selective reject (default is S27=0);

S28=0
disables V.32 (older 28.8 kbps connect protocol) answer tones for faster
connections (default is S28=8);

S36=7
forces your modem to try connecting at high speeds in two ways before dropping
back to a standard asynchronous connection with automatic speed buffering
(default is S36=0).

You can also try different values for S10 and S11 until you reach an optimum,
depending (not only) on your modem type, line quality, location and ISP used.
S10, S11 and S28 can be also used with most 28.8 - 33.6 kbps modems.
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CAUTION: Some of these strings might NOT work with your particular modem!
READ your modem's documentation for details!!!!

[This message has been edited by BFlurie (edited 11-27-2000).]

[weestro]

Here's the latest:

I added the S7=100 string to lengthen the wait time before disconnect then added the &C0 string to try to force the handshake. What happens now is the modem will dial fine then indicate that it's trying to "verify usr/pw" but as soon as it's time for authentication it drops the line...!?!

[Wozza]

Hi
Try ringing a freind on the phone and ask them to hold there hand over the mouth peace
listen for noise (other vioces,crackel and pops ect)If line has noise ring your phone company and ask them to check the line tell them you are using the line for data as well as vioce.
Also make sure no other phone/fax/ect pluged in when you use the modem as some phones poll the line as well as some home alarm systems.
A good starting point for int strings is AT&F
as this will reset modem to factory defaults.
Hope this helps
Wozza

[BFlurie]

From a post below:
http://808hi.com/56k/index.htm

[cedar2]

Are you setting your dialup properties yourself or using an isp setup disc? I ran into a situation where the isp disc was deleting some neccessary file when it cleared the online services files supplied with Windows and causing the same problem, cured it by reinstalling windows overtop to replace the file and setting properties manually.

[Richard_Cranium72]

http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp?FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Eas p%3FReleaseID%3D10338%26redirect%3Dno

[weestro]

Well apparently my installation was corrupted. I had to delete several .inf and .ini files that were modem specific not deleted during uninstall, then reinstall. So far so good! Thanks for the help guys!!

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[RenaissanceMan]

BFlurie:
I followed your post... http://www.banjo.com/modem1.html
ummm, what I really want to know is, where in the Windows9x operating system, using a dial-up modem do you find and edit the Initialization string? I have a few friends that could use some of the characters on that site (or at least try them)but I am not sure where the editing is done. Also could (pitty the people) AOL users use these string editing techniques?
thanks.

[BFlurie]

Yup and yup. If using Dial-Up adapter, the "extra" settings are simply inserted in the Control Panel/ Modems/ Properties/ Connection/ Advanced & put in the Extra Settings space. It's alright to duplicate settings in here -- you could simply put an entire initialization string if you wanted. For example, mine are:
&K3S6=5S10=50S11=50S32=32S36=7
for a USR modem.

Since AOL uses its own version of Dial-up adapter, you can "edit" the modem initialization string in the Setup settings. Usually the settings AOL puts there when it identifies the modem are basically correct, and then I just add a few more as above to speed up dialing, increase "time-out" values, etc. The modem's documentation should be read to help make sense of the stuff.

[RenaissanceMan]

Thanks for the reply... have a good one.
will be trying them ASAP.