Anybodygot any tweaks or know of any tools for improving internet access via dialup?
Polarity does not matter and has not mattered since Bell started using phones that have touch tone keypads which have a bridge diode arrangement to make them polarity insensitive. (Prior to that, hooking them up wrong prevented the touch tone pad from working).quote:
Originally posted by PandaBear:
1) make sure your phone jack is fresh (free of green oxidation) and the line is connected the right way, no reverse polarity.
Man, Now I need to re-wire my connections. I had no idea what the correct colors were, so I just made them the same on every connection.quote:
Originally posted by brianl703:
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There have been some...."creative" interpretations of the color codes of twisted pair cable by people who don't know any better. Correct is:
Line 1
Red - blue/white
Green - white/blue
Line 2
Yellow - orange/white
Black - white/orange
Tweak Link 1quote:
Originally posted by sprintman:
PB where do I set IP MTU's? Tks for replies. Keep em coming!