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modem disconnect
Name: southpaw5 Date: August 26, 2004 at 20:20:20 Pacific OS: win xp pro CPU/Ram: 1ghz \512
Comment:
i got a us robotics 56k modem and every time i connect to compuserve i can hear the modem disconnecting after a few seconds.if i uninstall the modem from the device manager and reboot the pc then i can stay connected for as long as i need to but after i turn compuserve off and try to connect again it does it again so every time i'm going to connect i got to uninstall the modem and reboot .compuserve says there is nothing they can do about it please help and thanks in advance
Name: cthume2 Date: August 27, 2004 at 01:03:39 Pacific
Reply:
I have sent this happen many times before. Not only connecting through compuserve but through various other dial up connections. My suggestion would be to add an init string to the dial up connection. More than likely you would want one to force maintain a dial up connection. Here is a link to find init strings that may help out. http://www.modemhelp.net/stringlist.shtml
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