[G4] Apple Ext modem stops with OS Upgrade?

[John Erdman]

Patrice -
	Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be leaving to go to the computer  
that's having a problem in a few minutes. If I'm successful then I'll  
email you when I'm done this evening. Otherwise I won't have access  
to any internet linked computer for about a week.

Thanks for the ideas.

John



On May 23, 2007, at 8:23 PM, Patrick J. Runcie wrote:

> Three suggestions... if this is a USB modem, shut the computer off,  
> unplug the modem for about 5 minutes, plug it back in & then turn  
> the computer back on, if it doesn't work, try 24 hours, on a long  
> shot. 2nd suggestion is reset the modem using the AT command.  You  
> would need to do in using a program capable of logging into a BBS  
> or telnet.  You would then type ATH, which is the command for  
> hanging up.  I would see this problem more on Windows back in the  
> late '80s early '90s on 14400 modems and cheap generic early 56k  
> modems.  If this still doesn't work, if you have access to another  
> Mac, try it out on it.
> What's cheaper, than that modem if you have to replace it, and I do  
> it when my cable is down, since I don't have POTS service at home  
> is use a cell phone.  Virtually any cell phone, in the last 3  
> years, can be used as a 56k modem and also to send faxes.  For $.99  
> and a couple of bucks for shipping you can get the USB cable for  
> your phone, from eBay, which if you were to get it from the phone  
> store, it would be $20 or more.
>