DSL Modem Auto connect problems

[Cyberdog]

Hi,
I have a computer running Windows xp Home, which has a Speedtouch DSL modem
connected to it. When ever I want to go onto the Internet I have to start IE
up to connect.
How do I configure windows so that every time I startup the computer it auto
connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications.
Thanks.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Go to Control panel and click on the Internet Options Icon. In the Internet
Properties window click the Connections tab. In this window look for the
option Always Dial my default connection, and click on the radio button next
to it. Finally click Apply followed by OK.

You will find that when you next boot the dial up connection box will appear
ready for you to connect.

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[Cyberdog]

I already have these properties applied so that when IE is launched it
connects to the Internet.
Is their any way of making a connection just by starting up the computer,
without having to use the connection box.

 

[Gawron]

Hi!

Not that I know how your network is set up, and not that I'm big on
networking, but I got a speedtouch also, and probably rather similar setups.

You shouldn't need to have anything specified in the "Dial-up and Virtual
Private Network settings" (in control panel - internet options - connections
tab). I have non there, and doesn't get any connection-windows when
connecting to the internet, and no need to start IE to get connected.

2 things that I can think of, that you can try (though you may want to
consult others. Also have your ISP username and password handy, just in
case):

- Simply delete the entry/entries in the connections tab there. And then see
if it works...
- Define a new internet connection via the "Setup"-button, also located on
the same tab.


Defining a new connection:

Control panel - internet options - connections tab - setup button. The "New
connection wizard" pops up.
I'm guessing your computer is connected directly to the speedtouch, or via a
router (as in my case), and if so I think the way to go is this:

Select "connect to the internet" - Set up manually

Then if the username and password is stored internally in the speedtouch (as
in my case), select: "connect using a broadband connection that is always
on". If it is not you need to specify it, and have to select the option
above instead - "connect using a bradband connection that require a username
and password".

That should basically be it. You can see your defined connections in control
panel - network connections.


Sometimes the speedtouch may not connect (you can see that on a blinking
amber light), and turning it off then on again doesn't seem to work (or
maybe it just takes time). Very seldom though, but anyway, you may need to
enter the setup inside the speedtouch. Under "connections" press
disconnect - connect (Also, this is where the ISP username/password is
located) If so, the IP address to the speedtouch should be 10.0.0.138. Just
enter that in Internet explorer. Note that it could be passwork protected
also, but this passwork has nothing to do with the internet connection from
your ISP.

Hope it helps!

 

[Cyberdog]

Hi,
I noticed you say their should not be anything specified in the dial up
network. Is this only when you are using a router??

 

[Poprivet]

Hi,
I noticed you say their should not be anything specified in the dial
up network. Is this only when you are using a router??

It is when you are using DSL, ADSL, Cable, etc., any of the digital
networking connections where you do not hvae to dial a phone number to get
access to the 'net.

Routers may or may not be used with dialup accounts, so you can't really say
it's when you're using a router, but it would be true most of the time; as
in, whenever they don't need to dial a phone number to get access.

Pop`

 

[Poprivet]

Go to Control panel and click on the Internet Options Icon. In the
Internet Properties window click the Connections tab. In this window
look for the option Always Dial my default connection, and click on
the radio button next to it. Finally click Apply followed by OK.

You will find that when you next boot the dial up connection box will
appear ready for you to connect.

But ... he said, it's a DSL connection, not a dialup. DUN etc. is only for
dialups and has nothing to do with DSL. It's analog lines vs digital lines.

Pop`

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Poprivet, my connection is a DSL connection using the same speedtouch modem
as the OP. because some connections are not 'always on' (as say cable) they
are classed as dial up and use the same routine as a standard dial up modem.
You click the internet provider icon on the desktop, up pops the log in
screen, you click connect and, hopefully, your PC connects to your ISP's
service. In this case the signal is sent down the standard phone line. it is
not a situation, such as cable, where you have tv, internet and phone using
the same line.

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[Poprivet]

Hmmm; learn something every day they say! W/r to DSL (Digital Subscriber
Line), that's new to me. It sounds like it's more an on-demand DSL than
"regular" DSL.
I'd like to learn more about this. Are there any links, perhaps an ISP,
where I could learn more about this type of availability? Once I get a
start I'm sure I can move on furhter with my own research.
Is that actually a DSL line, or might it actually be ISDN marketed as
DSL?
Or is it a case where the DSL is actually always there but is only
"connected" via the dialup opening a port?
Reason I asked the above is I chatted with a VOL tech and that's what he
claimed might be the case/s. In his (certainly only script-based, not very
vast) experience he said he'd never heard of DSL that connected that way.

Thanks in Advance,

Pop`

 

[Poprivet]

PS - I made the assumption we were talking about North American DSL. Is
this perhaps a country outside NA?

Pop`

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Poprivet, The country is outside the US. I'm in the UK. My connection is
marketed as ADSL and is connected via BT (British telecom) landline as
opposed to a cable connection. When i create a new internet connection with
XP or Vista i always have to select 'dial up connection' if i select any
other type of conenction i am unable to access the internet.

Now on Windows XP i create the dial up connection and type in my user name
and password (no dial up telephone number is required). Once the connection
is created i click on my 'Virgin Net Broadband' icon and up pops the
connection box. I then click Connect and my computer connects to the
Virgin.net server.

With Vista the same applies, with the exception that, on Vista, i have to
put a 0 (zero) in the telephone number dialogue box. If i don't enter this
zero, no connection is made. Other than that the procedure is the same for
both XP and Vista.

I'm not sure whether there is any further information available but you
might take a look at the Virgin website http://www.virgin.net


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[Poprivet]

John, I thank you for a most informative reply. I wasn't able to find many
technical details on that site, but it straightened out the "how to" for me.
It's often too easy to forget that "our way" isn't always the "only way"
;-). I plead guilty!
Now I know it's the UK , I have access to some of the regs to get the
details I was interested in. Well, actually I mean the Euro Community, but
.... same difference.

Thanks!

Pop`

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Euro Community? pity we ever got into the EU. The UK is a sovereign state
ruled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and governed by a parliament
of morons.

That aside i'm glad my other information was imfromative.


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[Poprivet]

Oops! Didn't mean to step on a nerve there<g>. FWIW, of all my travels
over the years the place I enjoyed the most was in Wales (Portskewitt or
something like that) and I'd love to return again someday. There's also the
most professional drivers I've ever encountered there, too. And
roundabouts? The most sensible traffic control device ever conceived, even
if they allege it's cost related!

 

[John Barnett MVP]

You didn't step on a nerve <g>. To be honest it was the worst thing the UK
could have done entering the EU. We pay billions into the EU coffers and get
nothing out of it - well i tell a lie, we get stupid laws. The EU also
encourage free movement throughout the community for work purposes. Where do
all these workers head? The UK of course, no one else wants them.

I agree Wales is very picturesque. I would have though roundabouts cost less
to maintain than traffic lights. But only in the UK can you get local
councils that decide to do roadworks on all major routes into a town or city
at the same time, so that there are traffic jams on every incoming road.
They've just started doing it in the town where i live. All main entrances
to the town have roadworks that will continue for the next 2 years I bet
whoever thought that plan up is being nominated for an award of some kind

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