Modem and Networking
Hardware and Software Guide
10–6
Solving Travel Connection Problems
If you experience connection problems while using the modem
outside of the country in which you purchased the notebook, the
following suggestions might be helpful:
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Check the telephone line type.
The modem requires an analog, not a digital, telephone line.
A line described as a PBX line is usually a digital line. A
telephone line described as a data line, fax machine line,
modem line, or standard telephone line is probably an
analog line.
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Check for pulse or tone dialing.
An analog telephone line supports 1 of 2 dialing modes, pulse
dialing or tone dialing. Modem location settings include
dialing mode options. The dialing mode option set in your
current modem location setting must be the dialing mode
supported by the telephone line.
To determine the dialing mode supported by a telephone line,
dial a few digits on the telephone, and then listen for clicks
(pulses) or tones. Clicks indicate that the telephone line
supports pulse dialing. Tones indicate that the telephone line
supports tone dialing.
To change the dialing mode option in your current modem
location setting:
1. Select
Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet
Connections.
2. On the upper menu in the left panel of the
Network and
Internet Connections
window, select
Phone and
Modem Options.
3. Select the
Dialing Rules
tab.
4. Select your modem location setting.
5. Select
Edit.
6. Select either
Tone
or
Pulse.
7. Select
OK > OK.
