Thanks for comment - I think you may be on to something.
The help file about installing UPS mentions assigning a port to it, so that may be the problem.
I've discovered that in my Power Options, I have neither an APM tab nor a UPS tab, whereas on my other W2K machine which doesn't have this...
My COM1 port is appears busy, and is therefore not available to other programs. Using 'manage', it always shows up as 'busy'. If I disable it, reboot, and re-enable, I can use it, so the port itself must be ok.
Should I assume that some program is grabbing it at startup? Is there any way of...
Very many thanks for both the suggestions. For the first time I can imagine that there may be a way out! I'm working away from home this week, but will experiment as soon as I get back.
What a good resource Tek-Tips is!
Benedict
Many thanks for responses.
1. ISDN connection stays up even when I disconnect
ALL ethernet connections! I just have the router
and PCs - nothing else at all!
2. The suggestion about routing updates sounds plausible though I'm out of my depth with the static routing suggestions. I...
I have a CISCO 770 ISDN router, which works fine, except that I cannot get the timeout to work. I set the timeout, but with no local traffic (I can even unplug all PCs!) cannot get the line to disconnect automatically.
I notice that every 7-8 seconds the RXD/TXD lights flash, which presumably...
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