AmigaActive (1303/2307)

From:Neil Bothwick
Date:19 Oct 2000 at 22:14:18
Subject:Re: modem reliability

Andrew Crowe said,

> If anyone picks the phone up while I'm on the net, it hangs up. My PC
> modems aren't this bad, and my broken 33.6k didn't do it either.

> So, is there any way to set the modem's error toleration in the ini
> string?

Look in the manual, probably in the section on S registers. There should
be a setting for and error timeouts or a timeout on lost carrier.

> I couldn't find it in the modems guide. (Or would it be the
> ISP's modems fault?)

No, it's the fault of the person picking up the phone :-O

Neil


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