| Davidmb |
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| Wed Jul 27 2005 04:19 PM |
auto redial
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we have been having a lot of bother with a bad connection on the phone line to our unmanned weatherstation, and the Netgear router has been sent back for repair or exchange under guarantee,
So we are running on the "speed touch" USB modem at present.
Does anyone out there know how to make it redial after the connection has been lost and recovered.?
Please try it at home by unpluging your modem whilst online and plugging back in after a few seconds ( I know there is a check box which says "redial if line is dropped" but that isn't the only answer because it is ticked on the remote computer)
It only seems to be able to run for about 4 hours.
It makes me wonder about having a dial-up modem for a back up every hour or so,
thanks in advance,, David
| greysts |
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| Wed Jul 27 2005 05:37 PM |
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Re: auto redial
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I'm no expert but I think for a USB modem to 'redial', the PC would have to recognise the fact that a dial tone was present and of course you don't get one of those with broadband. It would definitely work with a dial-up modem. I have a cable connection with NTL and that will automatically reconnect if I remove and replace the ethernet connection.
| Davidmb |
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| Wed Jul 27 2005 07:07 PM |
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Re: auto redial
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Thanks for that.
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It puzzles me why we get the message "no dial tone " when we are on broadband and it is disconnected?
So why can the USB modem not reconnect like the router does? I suppose, judging by the cost of it , the router is a far more sophisticated item with quite a lot going on in there and is designed to run on it's own, but even that needed rebooting now and again.
David
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| greysts |
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| Wed Jul 27 2005 07:32 PM |
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Re: auto redial
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I think the problem revolves around the USB part. USB can recognise when a device is inserted or removed but not when that device stops working for any reason. On the other hand a NIC (Network Interface Card) will immediately recognise the absence of a signal and/or a Cat5 cable and notify you. What about an ADSL modem/router that connects via the ethernet card?
| Davidmb |
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| Thu Jul 28 2005 07:48 AM |
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OK , thanks again,
I'll give up to the USB modem for now, then and get a spare router connected, even though it is a slower, older model, we can't cope with no auto redial
David