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Re: Demon new telephone numbers...

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From: Guy Harrison
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00
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 In article <837283076_OASIS_@esteem.demon.co.uk>
  simon@esteem.demon.co.uk (Simon Daw) said:-

> In article <31e62412.0@muir-et2.staff.demon.net>
>  malcolm@muir-et2.staff.demon.net (Malcolm Muir) said:-
>
>>Surely if your modem won't connect without first seeing a burst of
>>ring tone, there is something badly wrong with the modem or its
>>configuration ?
>
>I have exactly the same problem.  I have to try connecting until I get 
>one burst of ring tone or else after logging on nothing works 
>properly.  Perhaps this is a problem with the NOS software for the 
>Atari.  I have an XLink 288E modem that I bought from System 
>Solutions.  If I use STiK and I don't get a burst or ring tone then 
>everything works OK - this would tend to indicate that it has 
>something to do with NOS.

This is almost certainly the "ascend" bug. ifconfig sl0 up (Nos 0.42) 
will fix it. Try ppp sl0 - that will tell you.


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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk

  
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From: guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison)
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Date: 1996/07/12
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