Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Repost of Modems and call waiting Message-ID: <45900263@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 17 Aug 89 14:11:00 GMT References: <15768@<44f2a964> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:<44f2a964:15768:uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:45900263:000:639 Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald Aug 17 09:11:00 1989 >But, when >I'm using our company's computer system, which has dial-back >modems, the computer system ends up CALLING ME. Yes, I know, >if you have 3-way calling (which I do), you can hookflash during >the call, do the *70, and flash back again, but this would cause >the remote computer system to think that the call was dropped >due to a carrier loss. Does anybody know of any software/hardware >solutions to the problem? Yes, a simple software hack will do: You call your company. It calls back, gives you a randomly generated, unique to each all, password. Then you dial it back and give that password, with call waiting disabled.