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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:09:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To: "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>
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Subject: Re: Hung Modem
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You should fix the problem at the modem level with at&d3&w so that the
modem does a hard reset each time it loses carrier.


On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Tom T. Thai wrote:

> for some reason if my modem get stuck in Off Hook mode with no actual
> connection to it (ie. call the modem and you get a bz signal, but no one
> is connected to it).  How can I reset it from remote?  I tried getting in
> telneting to the box and load kermit to try to access the modem via
> command line mode but no response from the modem.
> 
> box is running RocketPort, mgetty, pppd, external modem.  Thanks.
> 
> 
> ..............          ....................................
> Thomas T. Thai          Infomedia Interactive Communications
> tom@iic.net             TEL 612.376.9090 * FAX 612.376.9087
> 
> 
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