re: Dial up modem seems to disconnect Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 10:17 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by AnchorMan (1465 messages posted) Remove the phone line and reconnect to make sure it is "seated". Also make sure the line from the wall plugs into the "line" jack on the modem not into the "phone" jack on the modem. AnchorMan On Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:53 pm, Victoria wrote: >Having a problem for a couple of weeks now, every once in awhile my system thinks >that my internet connection has been terminated when in fact it's still connected. > At this point I cannot send/receive mail or view any web pages. If I then try to >disconnect since my phone line is still engaged, it will not actually disconnect >for about 5 mins or not at all. I sometimes have to shut down in order to have the >line actually disconnect and be able to reconnect. Any ideas? Written in response to: Dial up modem seems to disconnect (Victoria: Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:53 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Dial up modem seems to disconnect (Victoria: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 9:53 pm) re: Dial up modem seems to disconnect (AnchorMan: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 10:17 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum