iMac G5 + USB Modem...

[TENBLUE7™]

...long story short as this is a pig of a job.

Friend of a friend of a friend on dial-up.

Has an old iMac G4 - dials up fine.

His new iMac G5 - no dial tone detected.

I've had the modem and the iMac at my house for an hour and it works fine, even on my G5, an iBook and a PowerBook.

He's had a new modem and a new cable - no joy.

Any Suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Danksi]

...long story short as this is a pig of a job.
Friend of a friend of a friend on dial-up.
....

I'm thinking the dial-tone may be too quiet for that modem, at your friend's house. Have you tried un-ticking the 'wait for dial-tone before dialing' option, in the modem settings?

 

[TENBLUE7™]

Hello thanks for the reply.

Tried "Do not wait for dial tone" amongst every other setting that could make a difference.

It's the fact that the old internal modem on the G4 is fine so you'd assume the problem is with the G5 and the USB Modem but like I said I've had them working everytime.

I cannot get over to the guys house as I'm working constantly - this is the main problem - it lies at his home.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Sam Luis Obispo]

Ran across the following situation:
iBook G4 at site A: Connects by dial-up effortlessly. Total elapsed time to load ISP webpage almost 3 and a half minutes.

iBook G4 at site B: Connects by dial-up to same provider(but different phone number [different area code]) takes what seems like a long time to establish a connection and when it does, total elapsed time to load ISP webpage over 7 and a half minutes.

iMac G5 + external USB modem(&10.4.4) at site B: Takes a long time to connect and when it does, total elapsed time to load ISP webpage(with errors) over 13 minutes. Seems to disconnect randomly. (two different modems)

Granted that this is hardly authoritative, it looks like iBook G4 internal modem is more successful negotiating this same situation than the G5 + external modem.

Does you G4 connect & operate at the same speed at both locations?