Installing an External Modem (U.S. Robotics 56K FAX)

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I tried dialing out to my ISP with the modem in the Subject line. I could
hear all the usual noise over the line, but it just couldn't make it. I
found that it had been installed as a Standard Modem, so removed that. It
was detected as above, but still installed as Std. I then realized I hadn't
installed my SP4. That didn't change anything. Even though I've Added, the
modem doesn't seem to appear in the list. I think it's a Sportster, but
there are none like it in the list. I looked for other Robotics in the list,
but none seem to match it.

What to do next? Maybe the Robotics site has it. I think I have the driver
on another W2K PC.
 
It would appear that your USR modem is not being installed correctly, during
its installation you are installing win2k drivers from the USR cd?
 
If you are asking if I have a USR CD, then the answer is maybe. This modem
is so old that I'm not entirely sure. It's possible. I'll take a look in the
morning. I find it odd that it properly identifies it and then proceeds to
install something else without a warning. That is, it doesn't say it's
unavailable so please choose from this list. Well, I'll take a look at the
USR website for a driver.
It would appear that your USR modem is not being installed correctly, during
its installation you are installing win2k drivers from the USR cd?
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I recently had problems installing a new internal USR modem, it also was
identified as a std modem.
Removing and reinstalling eventually gave me the correct drivers.

W. Watson said:
If you are asking if I have a USR CD, then the answer is maybe. This modem
is so old that I'm not entirely sure. It's possible. I'll take a look in the
morning. I find it odd that it properly identifies it and then proceeds to
install something else without a warning. That is, it doesn't say it's
unavailable so please choose from this list. Well, I'll take a look at the
USR website for a driver.
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Well, I got the latest driver for the modem, but now when I dial out it
tells me that there was no answer. Msg 687. I know I have a valid phone no.
and I can hear the modem noises when it dials out by listening on a phone on
the same line.

W. Watson said:
If you are asking if I have a USR CD, then the answer is maybe. This
modem is so old that I'm not entirely sure. It's possible. I'll take a
look in the morning. I find it odd that it properly identifies it and
then proceeds to install something else without a warning. That is, it
doesn't say it's unavailable so please choose from this list. Well, I'll
take a look at the USR website for a driver.
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That I cannot answer as its a similar problem to what I'm experiencing,
allthough in my case I only really use it for fax and for that it works
correctly. However I cannot connect to my dial up ISP, fortunately I only
use this as a backup & havent got round to determining why.

On a second note I recently installed win2k on a friends PC, the modem (an
old one) installed correctly but also gave No Dial Tone error.
I installed a different modem and it was OK
 
This modem worked on another machine with W2K, and I thought I'd never use
it again. Wrong. In any case, I can hear the dialing of the modem while I'm
listening on another line, but end with a # 678 -- no response. It seems
like this should be really easy to correct. I think in some distant time,
I've been here before. I really do not like modems. :-) Maybe there's a
modem NG?
That I cannot answer as its a similar problem to what I'm experiencing,
allthough in my case I only really use it for fax and for that it works
correctly. However I cannot connect to my dial up ISP, fortunately I only
use this as a backup & havent got round to determining why.

On a second note I recently installed win2k on a friends PC, the modem (an
old one) installed correctly but also gave No Dial Tone error.
I installed a different modem and it was OK
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You say "can hear the dialing". You should also hear the other modem
answer/pick up and start negotiation signaling. If you don't hear that,
the modem is not going to connect.

W. Watson said:
This modem worked on another machine with W2K, and I thought I'd never
use it again. Wrong. In any case, I can hear the dialing of the modem
while I'm listening on another line, but end with a # 678 -- no
response. It seems like this should be really easy to correct. I think
in some distant time, I've been here before. I really do not like
modems. :-) Maybe there's a modem NG?
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I was dragged away from home for some time, and am now back. Putting X3 in
the Alternate Field did the trick.
 
Well, not quite. When I tried the X3 approach on earthlink a few hours ago,
it got to checking userid and password. However, my account expired April
30, so it failed to connect. I then tried on my new sbcglobal account and it
failed to complete the connection. Again I could hear on a separate phone
all the noise and dialing, but it just wouldn't connect. All this on an
older IBM PC of 400MHz vintage, and the latest driver.

I last used this modem successfully on 1.8GHz capability four months ago
before I went DSL. It has an older driver, and uses AT+MS=V34. I tried that
combo on the older machine now with the modem, and got nowhere.

I tried the older machine again with the X3 again on sbcglobal and
earthlink. It never got to the pwd+userid check.

In all cases, I'm using the phone #s to the proper ISP.

Good grief!
 
Isn't there some debug or list command facility that tells what is actually
happening as the modem tries to connect? If so, how do I fire it up?
 
Is the phone cord in the right socket on the modem? It may be too much
line noise to connect properly to some modems.
 
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