Chris Wilson
2003-12-30 19:41:16 UTC
I have had an ongoing problem connecting via BT Home Highway and an
internal ISDN card to Demon. It started well over a year ago, and I was
then using my old PC, running NT4 SP6 and an Asus internal PCI ISDN
card. The machine would connect fine to Freeserve and 2 other ISP's. To
Demon it halted IMMEDIATELY after attempting to dial with the error:
Error 651: The modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error
The machine can re dial a hundred times, same thing. I have been in
touch with Demons service desk at least 8 times over this. In the end,
after re making umpteen connectoids and trying every ISDN number listed,
the problem remained. Dialling in via the same machine and an analogue
port on the BT Home Highway wall adaptor and my trusty US Robotics
Courier external modem worked fine, to Demon and other ISP's. ISDN to
Freeserve is a multi times a day exercise with zero problems.
I then moved house. Same problem. No connection via ISDN to Demon, on
all or any number, whilst the modem still worked OK. Demon then said it
must be a faulty ISDN card, which, as it worked successfully to 3 other
ISP's, seemed a suspect conclusion. I was going to update to a new PC
anyway, so more months passed, and I grabbed my Demon mail via
Freeserve. I now have ENTIRELY new hardware, not a single item or cable,
including internal ISDN card and external cable, remains from the old
set up. I felt hopeful, but not certain, that my problems were over.
Hell and damnation, exactly the same problem. I have held a Demon
account for many years, and have had a successful ISDN2 connection from
the old address for a long time. I want to get a Domain name and mail
forwarding from Demon, but whilst I cannot connect via ISDN this seems
pointless. ADSL out here in the sticks is about 2 years away. Can anyone
offer any help at all? I have just had a desperate word with support,
who are "escalating" the problem. I wondered if starting afresh with a
new host name would serve any purpose, it's something I want to do
before I get the Domain name sorted anyway...?
My OS now, on this brand new PC, is Windows 2000 SP4. I still connect to
Freeserve via the (new) internal ISDN card fine, and to 2 other ISP's
that friends have allowed access to their user names and passwords for
test purposes. Is there any way to log just what Windows is doing to a
file? I seem to recall being able to do this with NT 3.51, but that
would have been with an analogue modem I think?
Any help gladly received, thanks, and a very happy new year to all.
internal ISDN card to Demon. It started well over a year ago, and I was
then using my old PC, running NT4 SP6 and an Asus internal PCI ISDN
card. The machine would connect fine to Freeserve and 2 other ISP's. To
Demon it halted IMMEDIATELY after attempting to dial with the error:
Error 651: The modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error
The machine can re dial a hundred times, same thing. I have been in
touch with Demons service desk at least 8 times over this. In the end,
after re making umpteen connectoids and trying every ISDN number listed,
the problem remained. Dialling in via the same machine and an analogue
port on the BT Home Highway wall adaptor and my trusty US Robotics
Courier external modem worked fine, to Demon and other ISP's. ISDN to
Freeserve is a multi times a day exercise with zero problems.
I then moved house. Same problem. No connection via ISDN to Demon, on
all or any number, whilst the modem still worked OK. Demon then said it
must be a faulty ISDN card, which, as it worked successfully to 3 other
ISP's, seemed a suspect conclusion. I was going to update to a new PC
anyway, so more months passed, and I grabbed my Demon mail via
Freeserve. I now have ENTIRELY new hardware, not a single item or cable,
including internal ISDN card and external cable, remains from the old
set up. I felt hopeful, but not certain, that my problems were over.
Hell and damnation, exactly the same problem. I have held a Demon
account for many years, and have had a successful ISDN2 connection from
the old address for a long time. I want to get a Domain name and mail
forwarding from Demon, but whilst I cannot connect via ISDN this seems
pointless. ADSL out here in the sticks is about 2 years away. Can anyone
offer any help at all? I have just had a desperate word with support,
who are "escalating" the problem. I wondered if starting afresh with a
new host name would serve any purpose, it's something I want to do
before I get the Domain name sorted anyway...?
My OS now, on this brand new PC, is Windows 2000 SP4. I still connect to
Freeserve via the (new) internal ISDN card fine, and to 2 other ISP's
that friends have allowed access to their user names and passwords for
test purposes. Is there any way to log just what Windows is doing to a
file? I seem to recall being able to do this with NT 3.51, but that
would have been with an analogue modem I think?
Any help gladly received, thanks, and a very happy new year to all.
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Best regards,
Chris.
Best regards,
Chris.