How to get a modem out of "Connecting" when it's stuck there?

Felecha

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I'm writing an application that opens a dialup connection. I've found a curious thing -- if my application dies after I've called for the connection but before it completes, the modem seems to get "stuck" in a state where I can't do anything about it. In Network Connections (this is WindowsXP Pro SP2) it says "Connecting". But I can't find any way to close it or make it stop connecting. If I can't do that even manually (except to completely reboot), i don't know how I'll control it in software.

Any ideas? What IS the state it's stuck in? I guess there's a port assignment that blocks any action to change it.
 

Felecha

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I've been cruising GoogleLand, and I guess the term is off-hook. Seems the modem is stuck off-hook. I tried going in with HyperTerminal to tell it to go on hook, and there, too, I got a message saying I couldn't touch it.