Dial Up Connection and Broadband

[Guest]

I can not get Novatel Broadband modem to work. The device manager recognizes
it but I can not setup a dial up connection automatically or manually. Keep
gettng error that modem can't be found.

Vendor software installs correctly but it can not create a dial up
connection either and will not recognize the modem. I have tried both a USB
and a PCMCIA modem.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Broadband modem? Cable or DSL?
You do not connect a broadband modem to a regular telephone line (unless you
have DSL service activated and a filter on your telephone line).
Broadband is always on and does not require dialing.
You should be able to set up your PCMCIA modem using dial up.

 

[Guest]

Sprint broadband card for laptop. Novatel U720. Device manager recognizes it
as a modem and a query shows a success response but I can't create a
connection for it. It works fine on my XP box but I can't get Vista to work
with it.
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[Michael Price]

Did you download the latest Vista drivers from the sprint site?

I had one of these cards on a trial and it worked fine for me.

 

[Guest]

Hi Michael:
Yea I have the latest and greatest drivers. I tried Sprint,Toshiba(my
laptop) and even a German made generic broadband software (NWCom). The issue
might be that for some reason I either don't have the rights (tried as
administrator as well) or for some reason can't create a new connection in
the Network control panel. I had a friend try it on their Dell Vista laptop
and it worked fine for them.
I am a bit puzzled, I tried going to DOS and changing the Attributes for
the Windows directory but they were already set to A so I didn't bother
pursuing that path.
-Kevin

 

[pawan.sahni]

Hi Michael:
Yea I have the latest and greatest drivers. I tried Sprint,Toshiba(my
laptop) and even a German made generic broadband software (NWCom). The issue
might be that for some reason I either don't have the rights (tried as
administrator as well) or for some reason can't create a new connection in
the Network control panel. I had a friend try it on their Dell Vista laptop
and it worked fine for them.
I am a bit puzzled, I tried going to DOS and changing the Attributes for
the Windows directory but they were already set to A so I didn't bother
pursuing that path.
-Kevin







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Did you find any solution. Its been a week i have been trying to
install a modem but havent been able to get thru

Pawan