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Modem troubles
Name: Ladys Date: August 5, 2002 at 08:28:31 Pacific
Comment:
Hello there, I have troubles with few modems in our company sometimes. It is connecting fine, but after few minutes small icon (that shows that i am still connected) stop blinking and if I would like to go to any www page, it says that the page cannot be found. After a while the small icon starts blinkning again, and everything is working.
Name: Grasshopper Date: August 5, 2002 at 08:34:06 Pacific
Reply:
The problem is with your ISP, or in your network somewhere. Once a modem is connected, you should be good to go. If it disconnected, you would hear it dial again. Check with your administrator, or if you are the Admin, check with your ISP.
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Response Number 2
Name: Kevin Date: August 5, 2002 at 10:05:22 Pacific
Reply:
It's probably your idle time. Did you step away from the pc (no online use) for a couple of minutes or so? Sometimes ISPs set a certain amount of time when there is no activity to stop your connection. You said that you can connect after. How long (couple of minutes, a few seconds?)? Here's a suggestion, the next time the modem stops blinking go to Start->Run and type in "ping www.yahoo.com" (sans quotes). That should bring the connection (blinking) back in a matter of seconds.
Hope that helps.
Kevin.
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Response Number 3
Name: Ladys Date: August 6, 2002 at 08:21:56 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks, for the responses, but it is happenning when I am still working on the internet or for example if i am downloading some file. It is like iddle, but I am still working on the internet (but internet is not working)
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