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Offline Simon

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ADSL modem problem
« on: November 03, 2002, 21:51 »
OK, as some of you may know, I have an ADSL modem, with my Pipex ADSL Broadband 512Kbps super highway ISP.   ;D

Now, if I have to reboot my PC for any reason, the modem refuses to initialise / synchronise, whatever you want to call it, following boot up.  All I get is the green flashing light.  I then have to shut down my machine, which then hangs on the 'Windows is shutting down' screen, and I eventually have to manually power off.  Grrr.  The modem always fires up OK from a 'cold start'.

As there seems to be no software options to do so, is there any other way that anyone knows of to reset / reinitialise a modem?  I even tried pulling the USB out, but that didn't do anything either.

Any ideas gratefully received, except shouts of abuse from 56K'ers   :)  ;D
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2002, 23:14 »
Simon what OS are you running.
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2002, 23:24 »
XP


Edit: Shortest post so far?? ;D
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2002, 23:27 »
Well. if it was 98, there is a bug in that OS where the pc hangs on shutting down.
XP is above me  8)
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2002, 08:53 »
after you restart, do pull the power cable out and then put it back in?
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2002, 09:24 »
Well, I have done, but then the tray icon just goes red (as in disconnected), and there's no way to reset it.  :(
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2002, 09:47 »
how bout release and renew? im not to sure if they work on XP.
Usually if my Cable modem goes off, it will flash orange a few times, then go green, but will continually flash orange if it can't connect to the remote server.

I haven't had a problem with restarting yet, so i don't really know a solution :(
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2002, 11:41 »
This is all the configuration I can find.  There's no release / renew / reset, or anything else as far as I can see, unless I'm being totally stupid, which wouldn't be surprising!



...Unless you are supposed to enter commands where it says 'Data'?  There is a curser there.   ???

Edit: Nope - just tried that, can't change it.   :(
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2002, 11:57 »
Simon: I have the same problem on Win 98, your modem software is exactly the same as mine and I have tracked it down to the drivers.
If I uninstall the modem drivers windows shuts or resets ok, as soon as the drivers go back in it hangs and I have to press the button to shut or reset the computer.

Installing the newest drivers makes no difference so like you I amm stuffed.
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2002, 12:17 »
Hi Must,

Well I've just e-mailed Fujitsu, so maybe we could get an answer.   :)
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2002, 16:31 »
Simon,I am on 98SE but when mine does that if I unplug the usb cable then plug it back it reconnects after about 30 seconds although it seems longer  :-*
I also noticed that where you have G.DMT for modulation I have ALCTL  ???
Dont know if its changeable or not or what it means?
Otherwise the display you have is the same as mine is  :-*
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2002, 16:43 »
Simon: if you bring up the ADSL modem box and then hover your mouse over a blank bit you do a rapid series of left and right clicks on the mouse buttons and it brings up another menu for you to play with.

It also has a restart button in one of the advanced menus.

Maybe this will be oof some use mate.
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2002, 16:52 »
How did you come across that one Mustapha  :o

Never seen that before shows my line rate as 320 up and 608 down hasnt increased data flow unfortunately still crawling at 288 up and 576 down ( Gloat for Bat  ;D )
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2002, 16:55 »
Mustapha, that's brilliant!!  I can't understand why they have to hide it away!   ::)  I'll definitely give that a try.  

Thanks a lot!   :)
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Re:ADSL modem problem
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2002, 17:09 »
It should also show other menu if you press alt p
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