My LAN connection broke and I have been given a dial-up number to use in the meantime. :mad: (AAAAAAAAAAARGH) Consequentially I am forced to listen to that login racket every time I make the connection. Is it on the motherboard, the modem, or elsewhere? I took a gander(honk honk) around but it didn’t know what to look for.
If there is a control panel for the internal speaker I guess that would be easier.
Thanks in advance.
The sound is from your modem. Assuming your using Windows, you should be able to turn the volume down by going to Modems in the Control Panel, and clicking on properties for you modem.
Depends on the type of modem. Most modems except the very cheapest have a small onboard speaker, on the modem itself, that you can sometimes (depending on the driver) defeat using the control panel>system>modem properties options for controlling modem speaker volume. Some newer low end modems use a driver that accesses the onboard sound card’s audio and have no speaker of their own so you can kill them using the system sound control applet.
While it can be annoying, the sound on during handshaking lets you know how things are progressing. If you turn the sound off completely you can be waiting in the dark while the handshaking is stalled. I can tell by the sound when it failed to connect at V90 and I will redial rather than stay connected at a slower speed. But, I guess you may still prefer to have it completely off.
As has been said, the modem may have its own tiny speaker or may use the system soundcard. Besides the hints which have already been posted I would also point out you can put some commands in the modem init string: Go to modem properties, connection, advanced, extra settings and you can put some AT commands there. You can find a list of commands online and they vary from modem to modem but the basic ones are pretty much standard. You may use:
L1 Low volume
L2 medium volume (default)
L3 high volume
M0 Speaker off
M1 Speaker on until carrier detect
M2 Speaker on while modem off hook
M3 speaker on until carrier detect
Put M0 in “extra settings” and you will never hear the speaker.
One that I find useful is S11=35 which sets the value of register 11 to 35. Register 11 controls the speed of dialing and you can speed it up quite a bit. The default value is generally more like 100.
Thank you Iluvatar,
BTW, which tar exactly do you love?
Thanks also astro, I have defeated the biggest nemisis I have encountered all day. I win.