HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

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HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

#1 Post by RRHODY » Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:57 pm

I need some help. I currently use a T500 in a port replicator that has a connection for my landline telephone [it plugs directly into the replicator]. I use the old version of HyperTerminal that came with Windows 98, but it works just fine with Windows 7 Pro 64. The T500 has shown signs of giving up the ghost; I suspect too much time in the replicator with excessive heat. I have another replicator for my traveling T420s, but it does not have a way to plug in my landline phone cord.
My need is for HyperTerminal to dial from my internal phone book in the T420s via the landline. How do I physically connect the phone line so that the T420s modem will dial the phone on the landline?

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Re: HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

#2 Post by dr_st » Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:20 pm

I don't think the T420s has a modem.
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Re: HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

#3 Post by axur-delmeria » Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:12 pm

dr_st wrote:I don't think the T420s has a modem.
In which case, a dial-up modem connected to a USB port (either on the port replicator or the laptop itself) is the best solution.
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Re: HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

#4 Post by dr_st » Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:00 pm

axur-delmeria wrote:In which case, a dial-up modem connected to a USB port (either on the port replicator or the laptop itself) is the best solution.
Lenovo even offers one such modem with their own branding, FRU 43R1814.
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Re: HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

#5 Post by axur-delmeria » Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:57 am

dr_st wrote:Lenovo even offers one such modem with their own branding, FRU 43R1814.
Let's hope it's not a Winmodem.
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Re: HELP - connect landline phone to port replicator.

#6 Post by RRHODY » Sat Aug 13, 2016 6:42 am

USB Modem may be viable but full duplex and working with Win7 64bit may be hard to find. I'll check on the Lenovo suggested. Thanks to all.

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