> I've had this complaint a couple times and have seen it myself:
>
> > The last two or three times I have dailed into the server I have gotten
> > a screen full of "nonsense" - symbols, letters and numbers and I am not
> > connected. When I try dailing again I do get connected. Why does this
> > happen?
>
> I seems as though when the previous modem drops the connection my
> modem does not get reset.
>
> Any clues? I'm using USR Sportsters connected to a PM2ER.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pat
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> Patrick C. Wolf Southwest Direct Connect www.sdc.org
> Technical Support 334 6th St. N #2 pwolf@sdc.org
> Technical Consultant Socorro, NM 87801 (505) 838-1620
>
>
i get this whenever a member uses AOL software through my modem.
it does something screwey. sometimes my port looses the modem config
too in the proccess. do you have people running AOL software through
you? this may be the cause.
scott leonello
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