Making Calls From A Hotel Or Business Pbx - 3Com 3CCFEM556 User Manual

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7 Click OK.
8 When the Connect dialog box appears, choose the
location and the dialing properties (for example, dial
a 9 to access an outside line, dial a 1 before long
distance, wait for a dial tone, and so forth) you
require to make the call from your site and click Dial.
You may hear a brief handshaking as the modem tries to
establish a connection. Next you should see, "Welcome to
3Com Corporation BBS." If so, the modem has established
a connection and is working properly.

Making Calls from a Hotel or Business PBX

Normally, your LAN+Modem card waits for a dial tone
before dialing. In some cases, however, a modem cannot
detect a dial tone even when voice calls can be completed.
This problem can occur when:
Try the following suggestions for restoring the standard dial
tone:
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SING THE ODEM
Dialing into a standard telephone network using
nonstandard dial tone conventions
Placing a call from a country outside of the United
States, where a different dial tone is used
Dialing through a business or hotel PBX or a voice-mail
system that indicates new mail with a unique dial tone
(travelers often find that hotel PBXs have unique dial
tones)
Using telephones (such as cellular telephones) that
require you to press a button before the dial tone can
be heard
Clear your voice mail.
Press the dial or line button on your telephone.
Access an outside line before dialing.
Reconfigure the dialing options for your
communications package. Most packages have a Wait
for Dial Tone Before Dialing option that you can enable
or disable if your modem is having trouble detecting a
dial tone. You must disable this option to permit blind
dialing.