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Verizon DSL and Windows 98se
Hi,
I have been using dial-up for many years. I have network cards and their Win98 drivers. I was under the impression that I can use Verizon DSL with Win98 and a network card. I called Verizon and told the girl that I would like to sign up for DSL as long as I can use Win98 and she said I could. Note: This is scheduled to be activated Nov 04. I received my DSL kit and the manual states, under "Activation & Registration", "Download the software to manage your high speed internet connections. This software is needed to complete the activation of your Verizon Internet." I decided to call Verizon tech support and the person told me that I need WinXP and up! Can I use Win98 and Verizon DSL? Thank You in Advance, John |
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I received my DSL kit and the manual states, under "Activation & Registration", "Download the software to manage your high speed internet connections. This software is needed to complete the activation of your Verizon Internet." You do not need to run any software on your computer in order to get your DSL modem to connect and log into your verizon service. What you need to do is this: 1) Do you have a "Network Neighborhood" icon on your win-98 desktop? If so, proceed to the next steps. If not, then you're going to have to do some additional steps first (which I won't post now). 2) determine the default IP address of the modem. Look through the documentation that came with the modem, or tell us what the make and model is of the modem. The documentation might show an IP address being typed into a web browser. An example would be "http:\\192.168.1.1" 3) Again, going on the example of 192.168.1.1, you will do the following: - right-click on network neighborhood and select properties. - under the configuration tab, you should see TCP/IP listed in the box below. Select it, and click properties. - under bindings, put a check-mark in all boxes you see there. - under advanced, put a check in the "set this protocal to be the default" box. - under DNS configuration, click the "enable DNS" button, enter some cute name in the "Host" box, leave the domain box blank, and in the box under "DNS Server Search Order" enter 4.2.2.2 and click add. Then hit OK. - under Gateway, enter 192.168.1.1 and hit Add. Then hit OK. - under WINS configuration, select "Disable WINS resolution". - under IP address, select "Specify an IP address", and enter "192.168.1.100" for the IP address, and "255.255.0.0" for the subnet mask. Then hit OK. - Hit OK one more time. That should set up your network card so that it can communicate with your modem. Windows will now want to shut down and restart with the new settings, so let it. When it re-starts, connect the modem to the network card via a cable that was supplied, and turn the modem on. In windows, open a browser and type 192.168.1.1 into the address bar. That should bring up the modem's internal web-based setup menu. It will probably ask for a username and password. This should be given somewhere in the manual, or it can be found on-line. Your modem *might* be a Westell 6100, and if so then the default login name = admin, and the default password = password. If your modem is a Westell 2200, 6100, 6100F, 327W, or 7500 then you can follow these instructions: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/13600?r=0.580954536833939 You want to put your modem into "Router" mode - not bridge mode. If your modem is not one of the above Westell models, then I / we can't give you much additional help without knowing the make / model of the modem. Also note that unless you use filters on your phone line for every other device attached to your home's phone wiring, that your going to have speed and connection issues with your dsl modem. |
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philo wrote:
Many ISP's require your account to be activated... and without activation you will not have working service. Without looking more into the matter on the verizon forum on dslreports, I'd have to say that I've never heard of any such "activation" with regard to residential DSL service. Once they provision DSL on the copper line running to a specific address, all that's needed is a piece of paper where your PPPOE login name and password is printed, and you enter that info into your modem (or router, if your modem is set to bridge mode). I thought that the software CD from your ISP that came with residential DSL service went out the window 4 or 5 years ago, when XP became common in the home (and XP can do pppoe natively). |
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:28:35 -0400, 98 Guy wrote:
(snip) Also note that unless you use filters on your phone line for every other device attached to your home's phone wiring, that your going to have speed and connection issues with your dsl modem. Depending on the line topology you have, a "central" splitter (i.e. high-pass/low-pass) can be a better way of doing this. |
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On 10/06/2011 07:10 PM, 98 Guy wrote:
philo wrote: Many ISP's require your account to be activated... and without activation you will not have working service. Without looking more into the matter on the verizon forum on dslreports, I'd have to say that I've never heard of any such "activation" with regard to residential DSL service. Once they provision DSL on the copper line running to a specific address, all that's needed is a piece of paper where your PPPOE login name and password is printed, and you enter that info into your modem (or router, if your modem is set to bridge mode). I thought that the software CD from your ISP that came with residential DSL service went out the window 4 or 5 years ago, when XP became common in the home (and XP can do pppoe natively). Then you have never activated a DSL account... I've helped friends set up accounts several times and in order for the account to work...it must be activated from the users location using the software supplied by the ISP. If the software does not run...the account cannot get activated. If the software does not run on win98 then unless the ISP can activate it over the phone (which is doubtful) one must use a supported OS to run the software. Once the account is activated, then of course any OS if fine |
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who where wrote in
: On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:28:35 -0400, 98 Guy wrote: (snip) Also note that unless you use filters on your phone line for every other device attached to your home's phone wiring, that your going to have speed and connection issues with your dsl modem. Depending on the line topology you have, a "central" splitter (i.e. high-pass/low-pass) can be a better way of doing this. In the UK there's supposed to be a central one on the master socket. Mine was supposed to be ADSL2, but it's only ADSL1, but I don't mind, it usually works ok. I might not see maximum speeds but with others sharing a pool of ISP DHCP assigned IP's I rarely would anyway. Extra filtering might work, a cheap plugin filter between the master socket outlet and the line that feeds any other stuff. The worst it can do is attenuate a bit, and it might help. I considered using one because sometimes when I plug in the phone the net cuts out until the modem re-establishes it. It's likely due to a weak signal though, so I won't risk anything that attenuates it. |
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