Dialup receiving many errors

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Hi all,

I've just installed XP Pro on a clean hd and (after a bit of initial
drama of having to remove 2 worms I got whilst on the way to download
FireFox) everything is now running smoothly. BUT I am having trouble
downloading things, I'm on dialup and I'm using a DLink external modem
and it's connecting okay but after a little while the "Received"
compression level drops dramatically (which I'm assuming is in response
to the level of errors I'm getting) and the error count starts to
steadily climb. It continues climbing until to get any transfer at all
I have to cut the connection and reconnect (it reaches about 70 odd
errors before this point). My first port of call was making sure I had
the right drivers installed, which I do, right firmware version and
all, direct from the DLink website so now I'm wondering whether it is a
hardware problem or not. Just a bit of background info, I WAS using
another modem that I'd been using for over a year but it had decided to
start not responding, so I switched modems and this one worked, but
it's not a brand new one so it could very well have a fault if
something is causing this.

So any thoughts on this? Is it a hardware problem or can I fix
something up on the software side? Also I know it's not my telephone
line because previously I've been running with no problems for years.

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi all,

I've just installed XP Pro on a clean hd and (after a bit of initial
drama of having to remove 2 worms I got whilst on the way to download
FireFox) everything is now running smoothly. BUT I am having trouble
downloading things, I'm on dialup and I'm using a DLink external modem
and it's connecting okay but after a little while the "Received"
compression level drops dramatically (which I'm assuming is in
response to the level of errors I'm getting) and the error count
starts to steadily climb. It continues climbing until to get any
transfer at all I have to cut the connection and reconnect (it reaches
about 70 odd errors before this point). My first port of call was
making sure I had the right drivers installed, which I do, right
firmware version and all, direct from the DLink website so now I'm
wondering whether it is a hardware problem or not. Just a bit of
background info, I WAS using another modem that I'd been using for
over a year but it had decided to start not responding, so I switched
modems and this one worked, but it's not a brand new one so it could
very well have a fault if something is causing this.

So any thoughts on this? Is it a hardware problem or can I fix
something up on the software side? Also I know it's not my telephone
line because previously I've been running with no problems for years.
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Make sure your computer is completely virus/malware-free first:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Once you have determined that, if you still are having the problem buy a
new modem. Uninstall the old one first. A new PCI modem costs under
$25usd.

Malke
 
Thanks again Malke! I figured out it was a hardware fault, got a new
PCI modem just a second ago. Also cheers for the info on Crossposting,
I'll make sure I do it properly from now often! :)
 
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