Outlook Win98SE Trying to Connect to Server time out. IBM 390E & Rogers.com

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Bill Marshall

I have loaded Win98SE and Office 97 on an IBM 390E laptop
using IBM Etherjet 10/100 network card connected to a D-
Link 714P+ 4-port wire&wireless cable router.

Network file transfers work fine, IE 6 works fine.
Outlook often hangs when it loads and trys to connect to
the (Rogers.com) server to download email messages. I
contacted Rogers tech support and all settings are
correct.

If I take the router out of the loop and connect directly
to the cable modem - Outlooks works like a charm & fast
downloading of messages. I have 3 other PCs connected on
the LAN and all work fine. The 3 PCs were running
Win98SE but are now running WinXP-Pro.

Any ideas on what could be causing the bad connection?

Also, the network connector has a Green LED when
connected directly to the cable modem, but it turns
orange when connected through the router. Any idea why
the difference?

All help appreciated!!!
Regards,
 
This is not an Outlook problem, rather a networking problem. Try posting to
a group for networking with your operating system.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the SWEN virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bill Marshall
asked:

| I have loaded Win98SE and Office 97 on an IBM 390E laptop
| using IBM Etherjet 10/100 network card connected to a D-
| Link 714P+ 4-port wire&wireless cable router.
|
| Network file transfers work fine, IE 6 works fine.
| Outlook often hangs when it loads and trys to connect to
| the (Rogers.com) server to download email messages. I
| contacted Rogers tech support and all settings are
| correct.
|
| If I take the router out of the loop and connect directly
| to the cable modem - Outlooks works like a charm & fast
| downloading of messages. I have 3 other PCs connected on
| the LAN and all work fine. The 3 PCs were running
| Win98SE but are now running WinXP-Pro.
|
| Any ideas on what could be causing the bad connection?
|
| Also, the network connector has a Green LED when
| connected directly to the cable modem, but it turns
| orange when connected through the router. Any idea why
| the difference?
|
| All help appreciated!!!
| Regards,
 
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