Re: Problems with Modems
Nick Feinberg (Nick@icu.com)
Thu, 03 Oct 1996 08:43:02 -0400
Rhudi wrote:
>
> another way to do this is to make a plug that shorts the center two wires.
>
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> From: Mike Gassmann[SMTP:mgassman@95net.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 1996 6:26 AM
> To: portmaster-radius@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: Problems with Modems
>
> On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Old Man wrote:
> > Sorry if this is off-topic.
> >
> > 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!
> Call your bell company, rather than having POTS lines we have a Centrix system that
allows us to set the number of rings before doing to the next line. Or go grab a stand.
telephone cord and cut it in half, (throw aside half of the cable) take the red and
green and twist them together...DONE. Plug that in and you now have a busy line.
Good Luck
Nick Feinberg