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by cworsley

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hello i drought that any one in the world no anything about dial up connection because it is so old it is even older than me. but any way will fixing someones computer i have removed viruses and other crap like that. so when i drop of the computer the internet does not work and the lady does have a dial tone. she connects through AOL. i have never had to deal with dial up before so i do not have much experience with it at all if any one has any suggestions to it i will be more than happy to hear from you

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by hal 9000

And see how that works. Depending on the OS in use the TCP/IP Stack could be corrupt and be in need of rebuilding and if you are using XP you need to have the Dial Up Modem Turned on before you boot the computer if it's an external one.

The main problem that you will run across in deleting and recreating the account is that the end users tend to loose the original paper work that carries their User Name, Password & Dial in Phone Number so this generally requires them to call their ISP and then give them verbal permission to talk to you so that you can get the correct information. A Dial Up Account is no harder to configure than an ADSL except you need a phone number that has to be entered in and it's easier if you place a shortcut to the Desktop to make the Dial Up connection before any Web Browser of Mail Client s opened.

A Dial Up Setup is extremely simple to instigate and all you should need is to follow your nose depending on the OS being used.

Col

by daveo2000

You make it sound like there really are lots of people who still use Dial-up as their primary method of connecting to the internet. Is that possible in this new age? :D

by hal 9000

All the space suits have been ejected into Outer Space because of several Air Lock Malfunctions and don't think that you're safe as the one that you are wearing has at least 3 tears in it from the corners of the Chess Table. :p

Actually I only got ADSL here about three years ago after offering to tell the media about what an excellent service the Federal Communications Minister was doing at the [b]Last Federal Election.[/b] I'm less that 2 KMS from the closest exchange can see the Cables from my front door where they end because no one is willing to pull them underground into this area and the Phone Service that I had here was a Split Line that used Packet Filtering to allow 2 different people to use the same phone line. And I'm in a Capitol City. :(

Not sure just how good a service they get away from the main population areas but within the last 3 years the biggest ISP has introduced WiFi Broadband which covers most of AU with the expected Black Spots and while slightly faster than the 256 KBS Download speed that I get there isn't that much faster and very expensive to use full time. The current top plan is $39.95 AU for 10 Hours well that's what it was when the Telco in question gave me a 10 day trial of the product. :D

There are many small towns in the Bush that are lucky to have a Phone Service regularly as things keep breaking and the staff are no longer in place to keep these repaired as the Senior Management needs their High Salaries and Golden Handshakes when the leave after making the place loose even more money.

They have just moved to the Next G Network which supposedly has better coverage and certainly needs far less in the way of Infrastructure but the plans have not changed just the hardware to access the service. :D

Deadly Earnest is on a Dial up at his place in the middle of nowhere and considers that a Fast Internet Connection for where he is as he's seeing about 44 KBS on a regular basis where as I living in the main city of the state was lucky to see a 24 KBS Speed. I just hate the word Blackmail but when needed it works wonders. :^0

Col ]:)

[b]OH BTW I seem to think that all the airlocks will be opening at once and totally depressurise [u]Discovery[/u] so Good By.[/b] :^0 :D :^0 :D :p

by doghouse482

I recently retired and bought the great place out in the country. However, we have only dial-up - no fios, cable,.... We can get a sattelite connection (about $200 modem, $200 dish, $xxx installation, $80/mo contract min 2 yrs), but prefer to wait for cable - It may get out here in a year. The wife asked about a new laptop for me, but is Vista practical on dial-up?

by mog_01

Hahaha, good one Hal! I am one of those in the bush, lucky if I can see a download speed of 2Kb/s! Anyway, I have a similar issue with my dialup; randomly the connection will cut out (cant access anything) but my icon still shows local activity, and as such cannot redial until the connection is inactive, which can take up to half an hour. I don't even get a notice, just the icon loses the little globe indicating net activity. Is there a way around this, as this is really starting to annoy me and others in my area.

by lonely67cowboy

i have a problem that is about the same. i have one who is useing dial up with vista and it keeps going dormant. check all the setting and seems ok. any advice?

by thechas

Just an extra note.

Verify if she has tone or pulse dialing.

We went round and round with a computer for a friend out in the sticks. Everything worked in the shop, but he could not connect at home. Turned out he had pulse dialing.

Chas

by mog_01

I have checked with all of my clients who are encountering this issue (in a small town like Barmera, there are more than you would think), and all of them have tone dialing. In fact, I myself am experiencing this issue at present. I have just upgraded my rental machine, which also upgraded XP to Vista. Dial-up worked fine on XP, but on Vista, it seems to be like a rubik's cube. Most of my clients are amiable at best, but some are getting less ... discreet about their feelings, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

by thumbsup2

Any system can be practicle on dial-up. It's the wait time for pages to download that seems to kill you. :0

And it's not the system that matters, it's the modem. Living out in the country, chances are the phone lines are "noisy". Some modems, especially ones built into the motherboard, won't tollerate noise. I guess you'll just have to take your chances. Be sure to get a money back guarantee if not satisfied. ;)

by willcomp

Verify that AOL is not trying to use a broadband connection. Default location is usually Home and set for dial-up.

Note for others: AOL does not use DUN. It installs its own pile of crap to handle dial up and log on. Trying to resolve AOL problems is about as enjoyable as a good case of hemorrhoids. They are both a royal pain in the a**.

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