On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 05:21:52PM +0000, Karl E. Jorgensen patiently answered: > > [ snip...] > === > All of these errors seem to point towards an unreliable modem > connection. Perhaps you have noise on the phone line? > > Can you *hear* the modem when you dial up? (yep - that speaker is a > *very* good diagnostic feature!).
Yes, I hear it very well. >If they take a long time > "handshaking", that's a clue. Especially if they handshare for some 45 > seconds and you end up with "NO CARRIER", as this means that the > handshaking failed. This is typically what happens very often. > > Noise on the line could also explain the "Modem hangup" errors. > This diagnostic is very convincing to me since this is compatible with the very chaotic behaviour of my connection. (Similarly, when I phone abroad, I can sometimes hardly understand what is said whereas the link is sometimes very clear.) So, let's suppose that I have noise on the phone line. Can I do something ? Laurent.
