If you are able to do a reverse telnet to the modem then obviously the modem
is connected to the router correctly. You can then enter an atdt command to
test if there is a telephone cable connected to the modem.
If you don't know what reverse telnet is refer to previous mails.
Dion
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Holmes [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday 03 August 2000 16:34
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Modem not connected to con/aux port ?
>
> When and where do you get the "no carrier" message. That is typically
> something you see in a terminal program when there is no phone connection
> to
> the modem at YOUR end. In other words, you start the program, enter the
> phone number to dial and initiate a connection - then within a second or
> two
> you get the "no carrier" message. It means that your modem could not dial
> out because it did not detect a carrier signal (dial tone). Can you dial
> out
> to anyplace else?
>
> If the modem at the remote end was up and simply was not connected to the
> router, it seems to me that it would:
>
> 1. Ring
> 2. Answer
> 3. Negotiate
> 4. Leave you with no responses to your input
>
> I'm not sure that "no carrier" is the message that you would see if the
> remote modem did not have a connection to the remote router.
>
> But then again - I COULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG!!!
>
> Dale
> [=`)
>
> >From: "Hans Stout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Hans Stout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Modem not connected to con/aux port ?
> >Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 15:23:05 CEST
> >
> >Hello colleagues,
> >
> >I wonder if any of you know if there is a way to find out by looking at
> the
> >configuration of a router if there is a modem connected to the aux or
> >console port ? I have a router which should have a modem attached to it,
> >but
> >when I try to dial in, I get a NO CARRIER response. I suspect that the
> >cable
> >from the modem is not attached to the router, but I cannot ask anybody at
> >the site if that is really the case. Now I wonder if there is a way
> (maybe
> >a
> >DEBUG command) to find out if there is physically anything connected to
> the
> >aux or console port ? I can TELNET to the router and access the
> >configuration.
> >Thanks for your help in advance !
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Georg
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