Re: Problems with Modems
Old Man (oldman@mitec.net)
Tue, 1 Oct 1996 13:35:50 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Nick D'Amico wrote:
> > I hope any ISPs out there can share their experience here. What I need to
> > know is that if you have a pool of modems, and one modem dies, will a user
> > keep ringing that modem, getting stuck at that line instead of hopping
> > down to the next one (because of a received busy signal)? So what is the
> > best way of bypassing a dead modem? thanks!
> you can get "ring no answer" on each phone line....that means that after
> 3 rings if there is no answer it will forward to the next number...you
> get that from your telco..
Problem with this is that it extra for each phone line. Just wondering if
there is any cheaper way of doing it.