7/9 I have the following problem. I have call waiting, however
whenever I'm online, the phone just rings and rings for the person
trying to call me. I was wondering if there was something I can
do, like changing modem settings, so that I can be automatically
disconnected whenever someone is trying to call me? Any help would
be great. --sheuy
\_ You can try to turn off error correction but in my experience
all new modems won't disconnect from call waiting.
\_ Disenabling error correction seems to work, except for
the occational garbled stuff on the screen. After a few
rings, my screen is full of garbled stuff.
\_ I dunno about disconnecting, but if you want to give them a busy
signal, type "*70,,555-1234" for your outgoing phone number.
\_ I was trying to figure this out for x years until I finally
gave in to $40/month of a 2nd line. Error correction has gotten
so robust that modems don't disconnect you anymore from call
waiting blips. An old 28.8K Cardinal I had would hang up,
until I put in the connectivity flash ROM upgrade.
I was beginning to look into voice modems (with call waiting
detect?) before I gave up ...
\_ I read a news report a few weeks ago that Lucent is working on
a product that will tell you on your computer if someone is
calling you and will give you the option of disconnecting
from your ISP. The report sounded like it was going to be a
software product, but somehow I suspect that some hardware
will be required (or else someone else would have done this
already). -- sagarwal
\_ Lucent is a hardware company so probably.
\_ I got the followng response about the problem from the tech.
people at 3Com. I haven't tried it out yet though so I dunno if
it works:
Go into a terminal program like Hyperterminal, Quicklink,
Terminal, or RapidComm. The initialization string should
appear, followed by OK. Underneath OK, type AT&FS10=3&W and
hit enter. This will increase the modem's sensitivity to
line noise. --sheuy
\_ &F has nothing to do with it. For a Hayes modem, S10:
Sets the duration, in tenths of a second, that the modem
waits after loss of carrier before hanging up. This guard
time allows the modem to distinguish between a line hit, or
other disturbance that momentarily breaks the connection,
from a true disconnect (hanging up) by the remote modem.
While we do not recommend connecting the modem to a line
with call waiting, if you have call waiting you may wish
to adjust this setting upward to prevent the modem from
misinterpreting the signal for a second call as a disconnect
by the remote modem. A better alternative is to contact
your phone company to find out how to temporarily disable
call waiting.
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