Re: (PM) Re: Compaq Presario modem

Jon Ribbens (jon@oaktree.co.uk)
Sat, 27 Mar 1999 17:49:36 +0000

pmuser@minbar.taranaki.ac.nz wrote:
> > Compaq Presario... Left competitor with Ascend and USR gear because they
> > could not connect. One 5 minute call and a quick change by adding AT&FX
> > into the Advance settings in the modem control panel.
>
> Hmm I can't see that that would do any good. For a start you're not supposed
> to add the AT at the front since the command issued already has an AT so
> effectively you're sending AT AT&FX. AT&F restores factory defaults right,
> X should disable monitoring of busy tone.

I suspect that Windows strips a leading 'AT' if it's there to be honest.
I usually put one in because I have never seen any documentation as to
what you're supposed to do, and it works fine.

Cheers

Jon

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