Re: modem is not responding
Bob Hilliard wrote:
>
> Several weeks ago I bought a new ZOOM 56k modem. I have gotten
> consistently good speeds with it (in the order of 40,000 bps).
>
> After I had been using it for a couple of weeks, it began to
> intermittently fail to respond to ppp or minicom. There is no error
> message - just no response when any command is sent to the modem. In
> minicom, nothing appears on the screen when I type, and there is no
> response to +++. The minicom commands to initialize and reset are
> accepted, but there is no apparent effect.
>
> It is very erratic - sometimes I can make a dozen or more ppp
> connections in a session, other times I can only make one or two
> connections before it fails to respond. The only cure I have found is
> to reboot, which is a pain. I have never had it fail the first try
> after a reboot.
>
> Does this sound like a hardware problem, or is there any possible
> software problem?
>
> Bob
> --
To me, I'm afraid this sounds like a hardware problem. Years ago, I had a
modem card simply die on me. It acted similarly to what your seeing, then
eventually stopped responding altogether. Have you tried re-seating the
modem card (Its worth a try)?
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Ed
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