Does a dial-up modem just "go out"?
I gave my G3 350 iMac running Panther to a friend in need (PC user). He uses dial-up, so I got the machine all set up with his account info (Earthlink), and he had service when he got home. He got the Earthlink CD in the mail, and stuck it in, and says he went online using the disk, now can't connect. He brought it back, and I gave him another G3 iMac (my Ruby 400 FW).
I erased the HD on the 350, and installed Tiger, and the telephone modem option is dimmed in Network Diagnostics. System Profiler says no information found, Network Preferences do not even show a modem.
Is there a driver that could have been deleted? Do modems "go bad"? Does this sound like a failed modem?
Thanks for any help
Bob
Addendum
Bob,
Since everything apparently worked for a while, it might not be a bad idea to once again use a system profiler to try to detect any sign of the modem. Also, if you have access to terminal emulation software (such as ClarisWorks/AppleWorks or the shareware program ZTerm), you could perhaps make an attempt to attract the modem's attention by issuing AT commands (I do not know whether the manuals here are fully applicable, but the basic commands should be similar).
Jan
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