Dial Up and Cable modem

[Neal Lavon]

Before I get into any trouble on Windows XP Professional, can a cable modem
connection and a dial up (for work purposes) co-exist on the same XP system?

Thanks.

Neal Lavon
Takoma Park, MD

 

[CS]

Before I get into any trouble on Windows XP Professional, can a cable modem
connection and a dial up (for work purposes) co-exist on the same XP system?

Yes they can. Many ISPs who offer broadband also give a certain
amount of hours free every month for dialup access. Check with your
broadband provider.

 

[sqr]

Yes they can but not at the same time..

 

[William B. Lurie]

I think this question and its reply deserve a bigger explanation.
For example, I have DSL (not cable) on my one phone line.
This same line serves two uses, which coexist, are both
available full time, and do not interfere with each other in
any way. DSL is alive full time, and at any time I can hold phone
conversations and send FAXes. However, I do not know how this
applies to a "cable modem".....
W B Lurie

 

[Randy Vikssten]

"Neal Lavon" inquired:

Before I get into any trouble on Windows XP Professional,
can a cable modem connection and a dial up (for work
purposes) co-exist on the same XP system?

Yes (and *not only* on WinXP or WinXP Pro). But they
cannot be the active connection at the same time. To go
from cable to dialup, just invoke a dialup connection as
you normally would (usually by invoking a "connectoid" in
the DialUpNetworking application). The routing table is
automatically adjusted to let the resulting dialup connection
take priority. When the dialup connection is relinquished
(i.e. disconnected), the cable connection resumes. While
the dialup connection is active, the cable connection stays
quiescent, although as far as the cable network is concerned,
you're still connected but just inactive and unresponsive.

|*RandyV*|