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In article <846978038snz@alcarg.demon.co.uk>,
Al Cargill <Al@alcarg.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> For about the past month or so I have been having a problem with what 
> appears to be a group of modems at Demons end numbered between 
> finch-131 to finch-138.  I have a 28800 Supra FAX modem which works 
> fine with all other connects.  The problem with the above modems is 
> that they answer without ringing and connect through to giving me the 
> MOTD and net prompt but no further life, e.g. no FTP, news etc. 
> 
> The asystat command gives for example   RX 80 int, 301chr
>                                         TX 7 int,  43chr        
> 
> which suggests to me that something has started to initialise and 
> then it seizes up.
> 
> I eventually got through to tech support and they gave me a new 
> modem init string (I used to use ATZ) of AT&F2&D3%C2S95=46 which 
> only seems to have had the effect of making the dialing tone louder
> and has not helped me with the above modems.
> 
> Can any help me as the wasted 5p are starting to add up!!

This sounds like you are using ka9q (perhaps with the DIS front
end). If so, please check that when net.exe starts up and displays its
logo that it says:
KA9Q NOS version Demon Internet (2.16d)
                                     ^ that d is important, without it
things won't work. You can get a replacement for just net.exe to
upgrade (you needn't and shouldn't upgrade DIS for this problem) from
ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/demon/ibmpc/dos/files/net216d.zip. Be sure to
select binary mode. Download it and unzip it in your \DEMON directory,
where it will over-write the previous net.exe with the current
version.