William,

Thanks for your suggestion, I moved the modem to COM 1, tunred on my axim,
plugged and it seems to be work, it connected, I tried Hyperterm and it
dailed out. now all Ihave to do is install my fax software and test it. It
seems so odd that we can configure the hareware anywhere we we want, (
within reason ) I have alsway choosen COM 3 for modems from when I started
with my 1st 386 machine and connection to BBS with 2400 baud.

Now all I have to do is figure out how to get the Axim to connect to my
wireless system, it was great unitl I made my wireless secure with WAPII
The info is correct in my Axim but does not connect.


Dave-


"William R. Walsh" m
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Hi!

Most OEM modems are more effective as fishing lures
than reliable devices - I'd bet they cost PC mfrs less than $5.

That would be funny if it wasn't true. These days most modems don't even
have proper circuitry to handle the phone line since it's all integrated
into the almost-microscopic "placeholder" IC on the modem card. Which
means
that a surge that once would destroy only the line facing circuitry in the
modem now usually eats the motherboard as well. (I have a huge pile of
modems with "craters" in the IC that I steal parts off of for projects.)

But to bring this back on topic...

I think the OP may have some options, if they go into the modem entry in
Device Manager and look at the advanced properties, they might be able to
change the resources the modem is using. Today's modems can handle almost
unlimited placement in the system's resource table. They're no longer
limited to COM1/COM3 or COM2/COM4 and the underlying fixed resources.

William