Michael, I will admit I am reaching here - but here goes:
Two possible scenerios: (1) The ISP's POP (point-of-presence) equipement at the telco office may be flakey... (and it will NOT be the first time this has happened either!) Especially as you CAN dial in to the same ISP using a different phone #. (2) There may be C/O (central office) issues with the telco connection itself. In any event - YOU do NOT own the issue - it is a hardware issue outside of your control. Suggestion: Call the ISP and complain bitterly. Jim Michael Barnes wrote: > This is really weird. It looks now as if the problem is with my modem. > I > am using a US Robotics ISDN TA. I have made two completely new > floppies, > one for the old ISP, one with the new ISP. I have carefully checked the > envi file, both are exactly identical except for the IP address and the > phone number. Both behave identically, except when they go to dial. > When > dialing the old ISP, it connects and establishes communication almost > immediately. On the new ISP, I get alarms, no dialtone, and short > connection errors. About every third dial attempt, the ISDN TA shows a > fault and resets as if the ISDN line drops out. The phone number for > the > ISP is 777-4736. So I hooked my laptop directly to the ISDN TA and > dialed > with Hyperterm. Calling the old ISP dials through and connects. > Calling > the new ISP causes it to drop the ISDN line. > > I have a second ISDN line and service through the new provider for a > separate purpose. It uses a 3Com Office Connect LAN Modem. It dials the > same number, uses a different IP address. I have switched ISDN lines > between the two with the same results. It appears that the ISDN TA > blows up > when trying to dial the 777 prefix. > > Anybody run into anything like this before? Ideas, comments? > > Thanks, > Michael > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 23:25 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [STN] ISP Change = Toast! > > > > > > I changed ISP so I had to change both the ISDN dial-up number > > and the IP > > addresses on one of my STN boxes. Now I'm dead in the water. > > I found > > the earlier posts on ISP number changes (THANKS!) so I found > > the other > > locations the numbers were and changed them, but still no luck. I > > changed all back to original, and can't even connect with my previous > > ISP (account still active). It will try to dialout and give me: > > > > Starting Link > > report (connect) > > abort on (busy) > > abort on (error) > > abort on (no carrier) > > send (atdt 1234567^m) > > expect (connect) > > connect script failed > > alarm > > failed > > > > Then a few minutes later start all over again. > > > > When I first boot, it does connect briefly and give me a > > message about > > serial connection made, then a SIGHUP and modem disconnect, > > of course, I > > can't get it to do it again, so I can't see the exact mesages, but it > > disconnects after 0.4 minutes. > > > > I have a printout of the original envi file and everything is back to > > where it was as far as I can tell, but I still can get no > > connection to > > the old ISP. > > > > Here it is, it connects: > > > > send (atdt1234567^m) > > expect (connect) > > atdt1234567^m^m > > connect > > --got it > > Serial Connection established > > connect:ppp0 <--> /dev/cua0 > > Hangup (SIGHUP) > > modem hangup > > connection terminated > > connect time 0.4 minutes > > > > Then it repeats the cycle again and again. Not always in the same > > sequence. Sometime with the connection and hangup and sometimes with > > the connect script failure. > > > > Any ideas greatly appreciated. > > > > Michael > > > > > ============================================================ Professional I.T. Managers will qualify for a FREE Monitor Field Guide **Compliments of MonitorsDirect.com** >>>> Get Your Copy Here http://click.topica.com/caaafJubz8Rp2bAfyICf/MonitorsDirect ============================================================ -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list To Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rp2.bAfyIC Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
