Mike Walsh wrote: (** and top-posted - fixed **)
> Jethro wrote:
>
>> I have two machines - each with a dialup modem.
>> I have them connected
>> Line > Machine 2 > Machine 1 > HP AIO Printer> Telephone.
>> My telephone works fine on voice.
>> My AIO printer works fine sending FAX.
>> My dialup on Machine 1 works fine connecting with Netzero.
>> Machine 2's ControlPanel>Phone and Modem shows machine 2's modem
>> properly and the diagnostic there does a successful test of the
>> modem. But I can't get Machine 2 to dial Netzero. It tries the
>> correct phone number, but as I listen on the phone, the dialtone
>> is not interrupted as if the machine is not connected to the phone.
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what I can try next to make Machine 2 connect
>> to Netzero? Maybe my modem is bad or not installed right? It is a
>> 'Best Datafax Modem'.
>>
>> Both machines are WXP PRO SP2.
>
> I have seen this happen with bad modems, usually after a power surge.
> The correct troubleshooting procedure would be to connect the phone
> line to machine 2 only and see if the symptoms change. Turn the modem
> speaker on and see if you can hear a dial tone before it dials.

Please don't top-post, and please limit your line length. Absolute
max of 80 chars per line, but 65 or 67 is a better value.

The most likely problem is that the OP has the gazinta and the
gazouta phone line receptacles interchanged on Machine 2.

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