Save yourself a lot of time and use a serial port connected modem.
Not many can get those motherboard drivers or pcmcia card drivers (NOT the modem drivers) working anymore. Even I've forgotten about it and just go get a serial port modem.
Bob
I am using a Xircom credit card modem CEM56-10 on al old W95 laptop that works great with Word.
When I try to connect the modem to the Web it always returns an open port message. But I am not running any other program.
How can I close this port?
I have even uninstalled the modem and controllers, but the problem remains after reinstallation.
Thank for any advice on this subject.
Jose Lezama
I have also ran modem test rutines and they report the modem is operating fine.

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