Re: Waiting for modem to come ready - EVEN AFTER REBOOT

Hello everyone,

Thank you very much for the replies. It was the modem. I have two hylafax
servers with two modems and I was power-cycling the wrong one. A
power-cycle of the actual wedged modem cured the problem.

Thank you again for all the helpful replies.

Richard

2017-11-08 6:18 GMT-06:00 Richard Reina <[email protected]>:

> Okay, I did unplug it for about 15 seconds during the last two reboots. Is
> there something more involved to power-cycling it?
>
>
>
> > On Nov 7, 2017, at 7:33 PM, Lee Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > So a reboot of the server won't restart the modem... so if the modem is
> "wedged" you'll need to power-cycle the modem, too.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lee.
> >
> >
> >> On 11/07/2017 05:23 PM, Richard Reina wrote:
> >> Hi Lee,
> >>
> >> Darn I'm not at my office right now but it's one of those white
> external modems that you recommend for Hylafax. Multitech I'm pretty sure.
> Can get the exact model info in the morning.
> >>
> >> Thanks very much for the reply.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Nov 7, 2017, at 5:33 PM, Lee Howard <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What kind of modem is it?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Lee.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 11/07/2017 02:28 PM, Richard Reina wrote:
> >>>> Hello all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Have a hylafax server that's been running fine for a couple years.
> Suddenly this morning it stoped working and gives the message "Waiting for
> modem to come ready". I have powered down the modem and rebooted the
> machine three times and the problem persists.  Any ideas how I can fix this?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard
> >>
> >
>