Using WinME...Going to be in a motel during the week for the next 4-5 months. I've signed up with a local ISP but I'm having trouble getting the "dial 9 for an outside line" to work. I've found the option to do it but it doesn't work.

What I think may be the problem is the modem doesn't pause long enough after the 9 to get the second dial tone before dialing the connection number.

Is there a trick to get it to do this properly?

Thanks!

....WW (5.0)

9, XXXXXXX

Should do it. Way we do it here at work. Depends on the dialer, of course. MIght try a different dialer if the default Windows DUN one still doesn't work. SHouldn't really be a problem though

So...the single comma after the 9 is what makes it wait for the next dial tone? I'll give it a try next week.

Thanks

....WW (5.0)

Each comma gives it a delay, I think it's like 2 seconds. The more delay you need, the more commas!

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Thanks guys! It's hard to go all week without a Tom's fix!

....WW (5.0)

Well...there is a new wrinkle in my attempts at motel internet. I've tried the dialing properties things six ways from Sunday and am having no success. I talked to the manager, she said their phone system is digital and that I need an analog converter between my computer and their phone system. According to her, that is the only way people have been able to connect from their motel.

I'm a little suspect of her technical capabilities...does she know what she's talking about?



....WW (5.0)

Nah, she's probably right. We have combo digital/analog phone system at work, modems/fax machines only work on the analog cards(that's why we have them). Dunno about a particular converter for it, but she's prboably right about the digital phone system being the problem. Often places like that will have a seperate analog only phone jack specifically for modem userse. Well, used to in dark ages. Now they tend to just have ethernet jacks and charge youf ro that.

It's possible that the digital system filters out "noise" like...modem signals. Ah, the superiority of Analog, where you hear EVERYTHING. You might try an old mom & pop hotel next time, I'm sure they'd appreciate the business

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Heh heh...I <i>am</i> at a mom and pop hotel, and it has a barn attached to the back of it. It's in Carlton WA, population 564. One motel, one small store w/two gas pumps, a post office and a bridge over the river where you can go a swimmin'. That's why I thought the old gal might be technically challenged.

Anyway, I found some gizmo at Radio Shack that should do the trick...

....WW (5.0)