Some time in the last year it appears a Windows update has screwed
up my modem. I have cable so I haven't used the modem in a while.
Well, I wanted to fax today but the fax software wouldn't connect.
So I tried dialup networking - which I used to use daily last year -
no dice. Went to HyperTerminal. ATDT gets dial tone.
ATDT any number gets back RESTRICTED.

Check the net for solutions. It appears the modem
(a winmodem) maybe doing software Blacklisting.
There us a Blacklisting section in the INF file.

eMachines
Windows ME
Conexant SoftK56 PCI Modem

Any help greatly appreciated.
Also, I have NO money to replace this hardware.

I tried replacing the driver - no change.

Dan Mercer

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:01:30 GMT, "Dan Mercer" <dmercer@mn.rr.com> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

Is it possible the eMachine was sold with a dial-up account, ie could
it be locked to a particular ISP? If so, then try reinstalling your
modem with a generic driver from http://www.conexant.com.


- Franc Zabkar
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"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@optussnet.com.au> wrote in message newskjgo093jcglm13rof2drltk4n0jcf88ru@4ax.com...
: On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:01:30 GMT, "Dan Mercer" <dmercer@mn.rr.com> put
: finger to keyboard and composed:
:
: >Some time in the last year it appears a Windows update has screwed
: >up my modem. I have cable so I haven't used the modem in a while.
: >Well, I wanted to fax today but the fax software wouldn't connect.
: >So I tried dialup networking - which I used to use daily last year -
: >no dice. Went to HyperTerminal. ATDT gets dial tone.
: >ATDT any number gets back RESTRICTED.
: >
: >Check the net for solutions. It appears the modem
: >(a winmodem) maybe doing software Blacklisting.
: >There us a Blacklisting section in the INF file.
: >
: >eMachines
: >Windows ME
: >Conexant SoftK56 PCI Modem
: >
: >Any help greatly appreciated.
: >Also, I have NO money to replace this hardware.
: >
: >I tried replacing the driver - no change.
: >
: >Dan Mercer
: >
:
: Is it possible the eMachine was sold with a dial-up account, ie could
: it be locked to a particular ISP? If so, then try reinstalling your
: modem with a generic driver from http://www.conexant.com.

No - I used to use it to VPN to work. I tried the generic driver rout -
didn't work. Uninstalled the driver using Add/Uninstall and re-installed
from the original eMachines CD - no good. Does anyone even know
what RESTRICTED means? Did something get loaded into the
firmware?

Dan Mercer

:
:
: - Franc Zabkar
: --
: Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:51:18 GMT, "Dan Mercer" <dmercer@mn.rr.com> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

A "SoftK56" modem has no firmware - all the operational code is in the
software drivers, AFAIK.

This URL talks about a RESTRICTED Conexant modem, but your problem
appears to be something else:
http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/foru...hp/t-1619.html

Can you dial out if you switch to fax mode (AT+FCLASS=1, or something
similar)?


- Franc Zabkar
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