Re: Dial-up

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Why would you want to possibly start dialing before a dial tone has been
established? No good can come of it.

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Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Frank Jr" <qtype@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> -I have a Dell Dimension 2400 home edition with Intel(R)537EPV9x DF PCI
> modem
> I have ubchecked the "Wait for dial tone" box in modem properties in
> device
> manager. When I dial up I usually get a message: "The phone line is in
> use"
> even though I can hear a dial tone on a telephone connected to the
> computer.
> I close this mox and it says, "There was no dial tone" I redial. After 5
> seconds the messages are repeated. Sometimes, when these messages do not
> appear, it connects after about 20 seconds dialing. Then it says, "Access
> denied because the name or password is not valid on the domain." Then it
> goes
> to "The phone line is use." Is this normal modem operation?
> Heartland Nerd


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