I've been accessing AOL 6.0 via separate ISP using dial-up, successfully for years. Now I've got an ADSL account and ADSL router and am trying to get on the internet, as well as access AOL, using that. I have an ethernet card and proper cable, but the browser can't open any pages, nor can I access AOL using LAN/ISP. But my access to AOL using dial-up to ISP is still working fine. I've got six or seven TCP/IP network components in my Control Panel->networks. I've tried uninstalling all the AOL ones, but AOL automatically reinstalls them every time. I want to keep my dial-up ISP access (for now), but also be able to use my new ADSL account for the internet and AOL. Any advice?

So you're saying you've got a dialup like Prodigy, and you are connecting to AOL via LAN/ISP. And that setting has been working fine. Why would changing the main ISP or even the method of connection matter? AOL will use any ol' internet connection. You have a couple of dial-up minutes with that plan - try and dial-up to AOL and see if it works. I'd also try uninstalling 6.0 then installing AOL 9.0 (which can detect your connection settings better). Or are you saying your ISP and your AOL both do not work anymore ever since you installed the ADSL? BTW, why on earth wouldn't you just use AOL over the ADSL? :)

On the AOL Sign-On Screen, click the Setup button. On the next screen, choose Add Modem. Setup will try to detect a method of connection & should locate the NIC & your TCP/IP connection. Put a tic in the Use TCP/IP to Connect box. OK your way out & you should be all set. HTH Dave Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in "mother in law", they come out to "Woman Hitler?"

Hello Everyone! Well for starters if were myself, after reading your statement: " have an ethernet card and proper cable, but the browser can't open any pages, nor can I access AOL using LAN/ISP.", I would recheck my networking settings, all the way to the router. I don't know for sure with DSL, I have only had to deal with cable. But aren't DSL lines "Static IP"?? If you haven't changed any settings in your router, you'll prolly have to setup the IP and DNS settings. Every router that was "Walmart purchased" so to speak, come pre-configured to automatically get them from the ISP, as well as hand out an IP to each device hooked to them. Which mean that your computer(s) have to have the TCP/IP setting for the Network card, set to AUTOMATICALLY get them. As I mentioned, not sure for DSL, but I "think" (i know, that always gets me in trouble) :) one has to set the DNS and IP addresses in the router to static and set them to the numbers from your ISP for the DSL service. Anyone may correct me if I'm wrong on this. Sean Martin If the house catches fire, SAVE the computer!!

Thanks for the responses so far. To clarify my situtation, I have been connecting to AOL using TCP/IP, by way of the dial-up ISP. I.e., I first connect to my ISP by dial-up, then I log on to AOL using AOL's TCP/IP. To Shmanda: When my ADSL is connected, my computer doesn't see it at all. "Winipconfig.exe" shows a nonsense IP. No web pages open. And trying to connect with AOL LAN/TCP/IP gives a "could not connect" error. To Dave357: Thanks I'll try that, but I doubt it will work because the router seems to be invisible to my computer. To Sean Martin: I have reviewed my computer network settings with my ADSL provider, they have also remotely checked the router and connection and they say everything is properly configured and should work, they are stumped. They speculate I have too many network components and there is some resulting configuration interference, which is why I tried to remove all the AOL components. But AOL won't let me remove them. To answer the question why don't I just use AOL over ADSL ; I don't trust that if I install AOL 9.0 over my old AOL that it will work. Also, I have read many horror stories of AOL installation messing with network settings. I want to still be able to go back to use my current configuration, without reinstalling Windows and AOL 6.0, if I can avoid it. I have also read that one should install AOL 9.0 over Windows XP for best performance in resolving these types of situations. But, AOL 6.0 will not work on XP. So I may have to set up a XP-Win98 dual boot system to try this option. In the worst case it seems I may have to "upgrade" to XP and "upgrade" to AOL 9.0. But if I do that I'll certainly need a gargantuan hard disk for a dual-boot system and more memory and wait for XP service pack 2 first. Anyone know any more about AOL 6.0 interference/compatibility with ADSL on a Win98SE system?

Hmmm, What are the settings that are in place for your tcp/ip for the NIC adapter? If you open up internet explorer, not AOL, are you able to get to the routers setup page? You should be able to manually type in "htt://192.168.0.1" or "htt://192.168.1.0" or "htt://192.168.1.1" and get to the setup screen for your router. It could be at another IP number, but those are common ones. If your NIC's TCP/IP settings in your computer are setup to match what your routers doing, i.e., if your router is acting as a DHCP server, your computers TCP/IP needs to be setup to get this number automatically. If router is set to be DHCP, your NIC's TCP/IP settings should be as follows: "IP Address" = 'obtain an IP address automatically' "DNS Configuration" = 'disable DNS' Then in "Advanced" = you can put a check in the 'Set this protocol to be default' "WINS Resolution" = 'Disable WINS Resolution' This is only based upon router being a DHCP. If your router is set to "Static" format, then in the NICs setings should be simliar to: "IP Address" = 'obtain an IP address automatically': or can specify one as long as different from routers IP, but must be on same 'subnet mask' "DNS Configuration" = 'Enable DNS': in the 'DNS Server Search Order, enter the DNS numbers for your ISP and hit 'Add' for each one. The usually have a primary and secondary as a minumum. Under "Gateway" = 'Enter the IP of your router' and hit 'Add' Then in "Advanced" = you can put a check in the 'Set this protocol to be default' "WINS Resolution" = 'Disable WINS Resolution' One other setting that 'might' conflict, would be in "Internet Options", under 'Connections", make sure that the "Never Dial a Connection" is checked. AND that in LAN Settings, there are NO boxes checked. Check all this out and let us know. If you can't get to your routers page, the problem is prolly going to be in your NICs settings or the cable. If you can, then I would suspect that the settings in your router are not set to 'match-up' with what you have in your NIC. If the house catches fire, SAVE the computer!!

I've bought a new hard drive and installed XP-98 dual boot. IE under XP can now see the router and I can use ADSL. Next I plan to install AOL 7.0 to the XP partition. It turns out, upgrading from AOL 6.0 to 9.0 will not convert my old 6.0 emails and preferences. So I'll try to upgrade one AOL version step at a time.