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| pallu Tl Posts: 1 USA | Posted - 3/9/2004 7:43:40 PM    Hi, In my earlier modem, whenever the modem would connect, the telephone on the telephone port of the modem would go dead. However with my new computer with a Lucent Win Modem, the telephone on the telephone port still remains connected. So when I lift the phone, I get the modem hiss. Any ideas how I can have it disconnected when the modem is connected? |
| v.Richard Tl Posts: 6222 USA | Posted - 3/12/2004 9:44:17 AM  Some modems are designed so that the 'phone' jack is disconnected from the line if the modem is off-hook. Others are designed so that the 'phone' jack is always live. This is fixed in the design of the particular modem you have and can't be changed. (V.92/MoH requires a phone jack that's live all the time - so modems who have a dead phone jack with modem off-hook prevent use of 'phone' jack for the phone - a splitter, or phone plugged in elsewhere must be used.) There are 'lockout' devices that you can add to your line (RadioShack, etc.) that can do what you want - however, they may also impact the speed you get from the modem.... Aloha! Richard. |
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