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Mart
Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode. Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight. Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home. To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to the head you've given me. And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection. |
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DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL modem
then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection) firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation) providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than any software firewall a user might have installed. -- Mike Maltby SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote: Mart Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode. Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight. Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home. To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to the head you've given me. And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection. |
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I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well.
I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since getting broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine connected to it via wireless and the other XP was wired to the router, that was me g I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the cable from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP now connects via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is still going strong and in use g -- Joan Archer http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher http://lachsoft.com/photogallery "Mike M" wrote in message ... DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL modem then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection) firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation) providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than any software firewall a user might have installed. -- Mike Maltby SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote: Mart Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode. Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight. Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home. To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to the head you've given me. And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection. |
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Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan?
I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to make the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired router with the wireless disabled; and that anyway while wireless *used to be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger. Archie msnews.microsoft.com wrote: I'll second that and can vouch for the fact they work well. I have a Wireless 4 Port ADSL router that I've had working since getting broadband late 2004, it had a Windows XP and WinME machine connected to it via wireless and the other XP was wired to the router, that was me g I am now using a Vista Home Premium machine and just connected the cable from the router to the back of it and it works and my old XP now connects via wireless to the router plus the old WinME machine is still going strong and in use g "Mike M" wrote in message ... DSL doesn't need a "newer" OS however if one is using a USB ADSL modem then yes, newer modems are unlikely to come with Win Me compatible drivers. However I would very strongly advise anyone using or considering using a usb ADSL modem to head for the nearest waste bin and consign their usb modem to history and then buy themselves a combined adsl modem/router. These are not expensive and require no drivers on any connected PC or MAC, allow more than one PC or MAC to access the internet without the needs for any other machine other than the router to be on, and, best of all, will come with a NAT and perhaps also SPI (stateful packet inspection) firewall with even the more basic NAT (network address translation) providing vastly greater protection against unwanted intrusions than any software firewall a user might have installed. -- Mike Maltby SSJ04 Mewtwo wrote: Mart Ah! .. From here, it sounds like you've got (at least) a couple of drivers 'installed' for the same modem. So yes, 'Remove' any/all modem drivers in Dev Man in Safe Mode. Off out - won't be able to continue till late tonight. Thanks Mart. Unfortunate, as someone else pointed out, DSL now needs a newer OS, and I've just upgraded this machine to XP Home. To Mart, Mike, and Loom, I thank you for all the help and slaps to the head you've given me. And yes, I'm enjoying my 12 mbps connection. |
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Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa wrote:
Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan? I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to make the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired router with the wireless disabled; and that anyway while wireless *used to be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger. As you say wi-fi with either WPA or WPA2 is far from insecure. Even with the known insecurity of WEP it is better than nothing. I am using WPA2 with a long pass phrase and have no fears of others being able to access my system anytime soon without my permission. -- Mike M |
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Mike M wrote:
Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa wrote: Is the fact you're now on NT6 why you're posting as 'msnews', Joan? I'd like to add that many people think a wireless router *only* works as a wireless router, or that even if you can plug into via cable also, the wireless is always on, and that wireless is very insecure. So I want to make the point that you can get a wireless router and use it solely as a wired router with the wireless disabled; and that anyway while wireless *used to be* really insecure, now the favoured encryption is much stronger. As you say wi-fi with either WPA or WPA2 is far from insecure. Even with the known insecurity of WEP it is better than nothing. I am using WPA2 with a long pass phrase and have no fears of others being able to access my system anytime soon without my permission. Yes, I've kind of gotten into long pass phrases/words. It's a good job I've got Password Safe now, or when I wanted to change the router config I'd have to reset it back to default. Maybe next time I'll remember it, but it'll probably FIFO something else! Anyway I'm confident nobody could crack my access codes unless they'd started before the Universe began. I'm probably a bit of an anorak about it! Just as I was about to sign this 'me in 95' I realized I once threw '95 away and possibly swore to you I'd never install it again! Well, this *is* in VPC. Though *I'm* not convinced that justifies it! I think I must be a bit OC. But that *is* the definition of an anorak anyhow, isn't it? Me in 95 |
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Me in 95
Wow, I never realised you could install virtual machines on Win 95 vbg. I tend to run Me in XP when required g I ought to use something like Password Safe, so many of my passwords are the same. My WPA2 key being an exception and whilst the pass phrase is pretty simple it has a twist at the end. -- Mike Dr Archibald Crumpenshtumpa wrote: Yes, I've kind of gotten into long pass phrases/words. It's a good job I've got Password Safe now, or when I wanted to change the router config I'd have to reset it back to default. Maybe next time I'll remember it, but it'll probably FIFO something else! Anyway I'm confident nobody could crack my access codes unless they'd started before the Universe began. I'm probably a bit of an anorak about it! Just as I was about to sign this 'me in 95' I realized I once threw '95 away and possibly swore to you I'd never install it again! Well, this *is* in VPC. Though *I'm* not convinced that justifies it! I think I must be a bit OC. But that *is* the definition of an anorak anyhow, isn't it? Me in 95 |
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Jeepers! A lot can happen in just 36 hours..
Thanks to Mike & Shane (aka Alter Ego) for jumping in and well done to Mewtwo for moving into the 21 centuary and joining the XP brigade. I hope all is now well. But don't abandon the WinMe Groups, come back and visit sometime. Mart |
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Mike M wrote:
Me in 95 Wow, I never realised you could install virtual machines on Win 95 vbg. I tend to run Me in XP when required g Ha ha! You got me there! I ought to use something like Password Safe, so many of my passwords are the same. My WPA2 key being an exception and whilst the pass phrase is pretty simple it has a twist at the end. I won't ask what it is g. TCitH |
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Mart wrote:
Jeepers! A lot can happen in just 36 hours.. Yes Thanks to Mike & Shane (aka Alter Ego) for jumping in and well done to Alfonse Terego can be born and grow to adulthood! Hiram |
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