From: "A&C Thompson" :Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:41 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Modem Mayhem


Hi all,

A friend brought over a pentium which is an older government unit. It had a
3com etherlink card in it, which I assume had something to do with being
networked.(I'm new at this if you couldn't tell <grin>). We have removed the
3com card and have installed a US Robotics 56k fax modem. The modem shows up
in com5 - com1 is the mouse and com2 (25 pin) is now freed up (it was being
used for an external 2400bps modem). The problem is that we cannot connect
to the net. Dun has been configured correctly and the modem properties shows
everything a-ok. When we attempt to connect we're getting the following
message:

"The modem is being used by another dial up networking connection, or
another program. Disconnect the other connection or close the program, and
then try again."

I can't find anything else trying to connect. Can anyone help me? What other
info would someone need in order to help me diagnose this problem? I am
thinking of removing the modem and trying a different pci slot - any
thoughts? Thanks a ton in advance.

Alan Thompson

Alan,

I have had the same problem and it was caused by the modem installing on a
non standard port.  Try switching the modem to com 2, IRQ 3  I/O 02F8, you
may have to disable Com2 in the BIOS for the modem to use it, if it is a
newer modem.

Hope this helps,

Mary Wolden

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