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PPP Adapter. in winipcfg
"Brian A" gonefish'n@afarawaylake wrote in message
... "glee" wrote in message ... If he's trying to get rid of the PPP Adapter, he would be looking at removing the modem, not the NIC, wouldn't he? Or am I reading his post or your reply wrong (wouldn't be the first time, eh?)? No, you read it correctly, I mixed things up and together without notice. I was more on track of disable/uninstall. I always prefer disable as a start testing point and then uninstall/reinstall. If no help, time to start digging. I don't think PPP or others of such can be disabled in the BIOS, can they? I've never seen an integrated modem on a board snip I've seen lots on laptops, but we now know that's not what the OP has (IIRC). :-) No, I didn't mean to suggest PPP would be disabled in BIOS, only that an integrated modem or NIC could be. -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+ http://dts-l.org/ http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm |
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:13:44 +0800, "Herbert Chan"
put finger to keyboard and composed: It's not yet uninstalled. With the information I've gathered here, I think I will do the following: 1. With nothing uninstalled, I will turn the modem log on and see anything is trying to start any dialup session. I will also get the route print. 2. If nothing seems to be wrong with the modemlog and route print and I still lose the internet signal, I will then try uninstalling DUN. Hope everything will become ok after I've done step 2. Herbert Your cable (?) modem may be able to tell you something about your connection. For example, these are the sorts of things my ADSL modem tells me: http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL-302G/MainPages/ Items of interest may include: http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL...ages/Alarm.htm http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL...iagnostics.htm http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL...DSL_Status.htm http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL...s/IP_Route.htm http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL...es/IP_Addr.htm http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DSL...ystem_View.htm - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email. |
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:21:17 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: With the telephone line unplugged, I still eventually in the evening lost connection. That changes things somewhat. If there was a dialer diverting the default gateway, then it wouldn't happen until the dialup connection was successful in adding a new gateway. If the cable was unplugged, a dialer couldn't make that connection which means the loss of Internet connection probably isn't down to dial up networking. I would try removing completely and reinstalling the cable network card with updated drivers if possible. Also, is there an alternative network card you can try it with? Jim. |
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It sounds rather scary to remove and reinstall the cable network card as I
will risk not being able to use the internet at all. I can live with not being able to use the faxmodem, but not without the internet. I'm not too familiar with the computer hardware, so I prefer tweaking things on the software level (not including removing and reinstalling drivers though, it usually leads to more problem rather than solving them for me). I don't have another network card to try. Herbert "James Egan" ... On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:21:17 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: With the telephone line unplugged, I still eventually in the evening lost connection. That changes things somewhat. If there was a dialer diverting the default gateway, then it wouldn't happen until the dialup connection was successful in adding a new gateway. If the cable was unplugged, a dialer couldn't make that connection which means the loss of Internet connection probably isn't down to dial up networking. I would try removing completely and reinstalling the cable network card with updated drivers if possible. Also, is there an alternative network card you can try it with? Jim. |
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:14 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: It sounds rather scary to remove and reinstall the cable network card as I will risk not being able to use the internet at all. I can live with not being able to use the faxmodem, but not without the internet. You won't lose anything by removing and re-installing dialup networking if you want to try that. It has in itself resolved many problems in the past. It may not help you in this case, though. I'm not too familiar with the computer hardware, so I prefer tweaking things on the software level (not including removing and reinstalling drivers though, it usually leads to more problem rather than solving them for me). There's not much that can go wrong with updating the drivers since you already know what type the network card is. http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false short version http://tinyurl.com/g7q8u As Franc says, you can also switch on logging on your cable modem and see if that sheds any light on where the connection is dropping. Jim. |
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The connection is dropped again! and it is like only an hour after I've gone
online. It seems I get more often offline at nights. I have the route print txt for both online and offline and they are below: Online: Active Routes: Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 203.168.212.1 203.168.212.181 1 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 203.168.212.0 255.255.254.0 203.168.212.181 203.168.212.181 1 203.168.212.181 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 203.168.212.255 255.255.255.255 203.168.212.181 203.168.212.181 1 224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 203.168.212.181 203.168.212.181 1 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 203.168.212.181 0.0.0.0 1 Offline: Active Routes: Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 203.168.212.1 203.168.212.181 1 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 203.168.212.0 255.255.254.0 203.168.212.181 203.168.212.181 1 203.168.212.181 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1 203.168.212.255 255.255.255.255 203.168.212.181 203.168.212.181 1 224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 203.168.212.181 203.168.212.181 1 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 203.168.212.181 0.0.0.0 1 ==================== I can spot no difference. And I've turned on the modemlog and there's something on the log already, which is pretty recent: 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem ¨Ï¥Î¤¤ ("in use" in English)¡C 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - ¼Æ¾Ú¾÷Ãþ«¬(Modem Type):Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Modem inf path: CXT1035.INF 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Modem inf section: Modem 10-17-2006 20:46:15.69 - 115200,N,8,1 10-17-2006 20:46:15.72 - 115200,N,8,1 10-17-2006 20:46:15.72 - Initializing modem. 10-17-2006 20:46:15.72 - Send: ATcr 10-17-2006 20:46:15.72 - Recv: ATcr 10-17-2006 20:46:16.72 - Recv: crlfOKcrlf 10-17-2006 20:46:16.72 - Interpreted response: Ok 10-17-2006 20:46:16.72 - Send: AT&FE0V1S0=0&C1&D2+MR=2;+DR=1;+ER=1;W0cr 10-17-2006 20:46:16.72 - Recv: AT&FE0V1S0=0&C1&D2+MR=2;+DR=1;+ER=1;W0cr 10-17-2006 20:46:16.73 - Recv: crlfOKcrlf 10-17-2006 20:46:16.73 - Interpreted response: Ok 10-17-2006 20:46:16.73 - Send: ATS7=60L3M1+ES=3,0,2;+DS=3;+IFC=2,2;X4cr 10-17-2006 20:46:16.73 - Recv: crlfOKcrlf 10-17-2006 20:46:16.73 - Interpreted response: Ok 10-17-2006 20:46:16.79 - Waiting for a call. 10-17-2006 20:46:16.79 - Send: at+vcid=1cr 10-17-2006 20:46:16.79 - Recv: crlfOKcrlf 10-17-2006 20:46:16.79 - Interpreted response: Ok 10-17-2006 20:46:16.79 - Send: ATS0=0cr 10-17-2006 20:46:16.80 - Recv: crlfOKcrlf 10-17-2006 20:46:16.80 - Interpreted response: Ok 10-17-2006 20:46:16.81 - Hanging up the modem. 10-17-2006 20:46:17.82 - Session Statistics: 10-17-2006 20:46:17.82 - Reads : 72 bytes 10-17-2006 20:46:17.82 - Writes: 98 bytes 10-17-2006 20:46:17.82 - Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem ¤wÃö³¬ (is closed)¡C So the modem was indeed turned on, and I did not recall I've turned the modem on last week, and I don't think I've set the log to be on either actually. Weird that there are entries from last week. I will see if there are any new entries to it when I lose internet connection again. Herbert "James Egan" ¦b¶l¥ó ¤¤ ¼¶¼g... On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:14 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: It sounds rather scary to remove and reinstall the cable network card as I will risk not being able to use the internet at all. I can live with not being able to use the faxmodem, but not without the internet. You won't lose anything by removing and re-installing dialup networking if you want to try that. It has in itself resolved many problems in the past. It may not help you in this case, though. I'm not too familiar with the computer hardware, so I prefer tweaking things on the software level (not including removing and reinstalling drivers though, it usually leads to more problem rather than solving them for me). There's not much that can go wrong with updating the drivers since you already know what type the network card is. http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false short version http://tinyurl.com/g7q8u As Franc says, you can also switch on logging on your cable modem and see if that sheds any light on where the connection is dropping. Jim. |
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Just download the Win98SE version? How do I check whether I have actually
already the latest version of the driver? And I've just checked the System Properties. Should the network card name appear under "Network Adapter"? If it is, I can just see a "32-bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" and can't find the Realtek one. Where should I look? The card was installed very very quickly by the broadband guy. He may probably just have plugged the card in and let win98se make use of the default driver supplied with windows. Herbert "James Egan" ¦b¶l¥ó ¤¤ ¼¶¼g... On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:14 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: It sounds rather scary to remove and reinstall the cable network card as I will risk not being able to use the internet at all. I can live with not being able to use the faxmodem, but not without the internet. You won't lose anything by removing and re-installing dialup networking if you want to try that. It has in itself resolved many problems in the past. It may not help you in this case, though. I'm not too familiar with the computer hardware, so I prefer tweaking things on the software level (not including removing and reinstalling drivers though, it usually leads to more problem rather than solving them for me). There's not much that can go wrong with updating the drivers since you already know what type the network card is. http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false short version http://tinyurl.com/g7q8u As Franc says, you can also switch on logging on your cable modem and see if that sheds any light on where the connection is dropping. Jim. |
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:07:14 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: I can spot no difference. And it confirms what I was saying earlier (last but one post) that there is no dialer interfering with your Internet connection. And I've turned on the modemlog and there's something on the log already, which is pretty recent: 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem ¨Ï¥Î¤¤ ("in use" in English)¡C 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - ¼Æ¾Ú¾÷Ãþ«¬(Modem Type):Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Modem inf path: CXT1035.INF snip This is just standard initialisation stuff. What you would expect to see just by switching the computer on/off. So the modem was indeed turned on, and I did not recall I've turned the modem on last week, and I don't think I've set the log to be on either actually. Weird that there are entries from last week. I will see if there are any new entries to it when I lose internet connection again. It's not this modem you need to be concerned with. Forget what the tech support said. Look at what logging is available on the cable modem. That might provide an answer. Jim. |
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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:20:28 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: Just download the Win98SE version? How do I check whether I have actually already the latest version of the driver? The device manager (Right click My Computer - Properties - Device Manager) will tell you the dates of the installed drivers. And I've just checked the System Properties. Should the network card name appear under "Network Adapter"? Yes If it is, I can just see a "32-bit PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" and can't find the Realtek one. Where should I look? If that's the only network adaptor in there then that's the one. If you try and update with the wrong driver, win98 will tell you that it can't find the correct driver file for your network card. It won't zap what you already have unless there is something better to update it with. Jim. |
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How can I get the log for the cable modem? I think someone has said how in
the posts, but I couldn't find it out again. Herbert "James Egan" ¦b¶l¥ó ¤¤ ¼¶¼g... On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:07:14 +0800, "Herbert Chan" wrote: I can spot no difference. And it confirms what I was saying earlier (last but one post) that there is no dialer interfering with your Internet connection. And I've turned on the modemlog and there's something on the log already, which is pretty recent: 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem ¡LI ¢DI?? ("in use" in English)!C 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - ?A?U?¡ÒAt??(Modem Type):Conexant HCF V90 56K Speakerphone PCI Modem 10-17-2006 20:46:12.96 - Modem inf path: CXT1035.INF snip This is just standard initialisation stuff. What you would expect to see just by switching the computer on/off. So the modem was indeed turned on, and I did not recall I've turned the modem on last week, and I don't think I've set the log to be on either actually. Weird that there are entries from last week. I will see if there are any new entries to it when I lose internet connection again. It's not this modem you need to be concerned with. Forget what the tech support said. Look at what logging is available on the cable modem. That might provide an answer. Jim. |
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