This must be a first, me asking for help on the org, I usually scout around for threads I can contribute my help to. Oh well, such is life. Though I realise this isn't exactly what you would call video hardware, it's associated with my visiting the org etc, that and I know a few guys like dero, waffle and trythil know something about networks.
Here goes.
I live in the UK, and my ISP is BT (British Telecom) and I subscribe to their 2mbps ADSL service. The supplied modem would cause the system tray to lock up on disconnect and Windows not to shut down, so I went ahead and bought the Linksys ADSL2 modem (I understand it's backwards compatible with ADSL)
The original modem is made by Globespan Virata for BT. AOL have the exact same modem but with their logo on it, the modem is the Voyager 100. When it's installed and working it connects to the internet like dial up. You have to initialise the connection and it dials 0,38 and varifies your username. I am led to believe it uses PPPoATM. When it connects I get a little tray icon that says connected at 2.2mbps, everything is good.
I can't seem to set up the Linksys to act like the Voyager, ie dial up in effect. So far I have been able to get it working, but I don't think it's configured correctly. I read in the manual that there was a config utility accessible by pointing my browser at http://192.168.1.1/ . I logged in and configged it in such a way that it appears to work.
It seems to dial up and varify automatically (during boot!) without my having to invoke it so I can fire up a browser and start surfing without waiting for the (very short) dialup, which is good, it's fast and convienient. It's connected to the internet before I even get to the desktop, I like that. It shows in the system tray as Local Area Connection 3 @ Speed: 12 Mbps. This is obviously not the speed of my net connection, and the modem itself is rated as up to 25 Mbps (I'm wondering if using USB is a bottleneck?).
The more frustrating side to this problem is that I can't listen to online radio. Windows media player doesn't see it as an active net connection and tells me that I'm not connected.
Ideally I'd like it to log in as it is doing now, without my invoking of it, but show the correct speed in the systray and correct information in the Networking section as opposed to it being listed as some form of LAN connection.
I hate networking
