To put it simply, I occasionally have problems logging on to PlusNet
using my Binatone ADSL 500 USB Modem. I have to sit for quite a few
minutes with it stating it is dialling 0.38, then if I am lucky it goes
to verifying username and password, (sometimes for quite a while), and
then connects. At times, it seems to stick on dialling 0.38, I have
checked and it moves to "training" but sometimes back to dialling. How
to I speed this process up, is it my PC which is not ready or is it a
line problem or what, incidentally I have 2MB ADSL.
I would appreciate some help with this annoying problem, thank you.
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Derrick Fawsitt

On 03/10/2004 11:37 Derrick Fawsitt got up from the bar and shouted..:
Does it take ages to sync? (for the light to stop flashing)

I have a mate who had this problem, and it was down to dodgy internal
house telephone wiring (lots of extensions wired using "premium" quality
Argos extension kits...)

--
"This dog don't give a feck..."

you might try 0,38 instead of your stated 0.38 that might be the cause

--
Regards,


Paul Jackson

paul@jacksonp.f9.co.uk

"Black Shuck" <mark.gillespie@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Derrick Fawsitt <46@fitzwilliamonline.com> wrote in
news:iCHAWOCAa9XBFwSs@fitzwilliamonline.com:

I have the same hardware and the same difficulties after a restart. Over
the weekend my line was upgraded from 512k to 2MB and every time sofar
after a restart the remote computer doesn't respond. What I had to do is
just unplug the USB connection to the modem and than it retrains and when
the lights stop flashing do the dial again and than it connects.

Power Down the modem seems to cure the difficulties.

One2Go

In message <Xns957880B68DC00one2go@127.0.0.1>, One2Go
<one2go@hotmail.com> writes
Yes, I have that problem too but that seems to occur when there is a
conflict with my SuperVoice DUP modem which I use now as an answer
machine and for fax. I too unplug the modem and let it re-jig itself,
however the problem I asked about above is completely different in that
it occurs when there is no apparent conflict and I am just re-starting
my PC and logging on to my ADSL, it can take ages to log on and I
usually have to abandon it and start again. If I leave it on the
occasions when it seems to freeze-up it will "eventually" log on if you
are prepared to wait for it.
I think it is when I try to log on before my PC has properly warmed up
because when I do leave it for a while it seems to be relatively quick.
My question again really is, how do I get around those times when it
decides to do a "go slow" start?
--
Derrick Fawsitt

Derrick Fawsitt <46@fitzwilliamonline.com> wrote in
news:AZg4gjIjTUYBFwew@fitzwilliamonline.com:

Sounds like what I am experiencing now. Can't wait to get home and see what
has happened for the past 10 hours. Every Now and than when the PC is on
for a while IE and Azuerus froze and had to power down to get it up and
running again.

One2Go

In message <Xns9578B4AE8F9CDone2go@127.0.0.1>, One2Go
<one2go@hotmail.com> writes
obviously does not seem to be our hardware that's causing the trouble, I
will try to see what they say and post back here again.
--
Derrick Fawsitt

On 4 Oct 2004, in uk.telecom.broadband, Derrick Fawsitt wrote:

I was thinking exactly the opposite when I saw your comment. I've
(briefly) used a USB modem in the first couple of months of using
ADSL (in Feb/March 2002, but switched quickly to a router and I
can happily say that connection problems related to USB are a
definite "thing of the past" but I remember having to unplug my
USB modem, or reboot my PC, and now for every client bar one (who
might have had problems with his company network, and for whom we
bought a PCI ADSL modem) the use of a router has proven ideal. I
would happily lend you one to check your line, if I had one spare,
but a client in Dover has one, and another in Chester is using my
other 'spare', unfortunately. I really ought to get another, as
it would be handy to have one of the ASR 8400 models which have
been quite popular among those I've helped with their ADSL setup
(help as in a quick chat over the phone... these things are really
quite easy to get going as soon as they're out of the box!). Peter

In message <s5j3m0d4n9fjf7qfdlpjfeh95229cha2rt@4ax.com>, poster
<us-mail@rocketmail.com> writes
Peter, I have quessed I should have gone the router route, (sorry, no
pun intended), before now but unfortunately my Binatone 500 came free
with PlusNet's easy start. As soon as my contract year is up I will take
your kind advice and go for the ASR8400 (?).
One other thing I have learned myself, I did not need to up my ADSL from
512kps to 2MB as the way I use it I have not noticed any "dramatic"
difference, what's really important to me is the use of VOIP. Anything
that improves that for me is what I want.
Once again my thanks Peter.
--
Derrick Fawsitt

Derrick Fawsitt <46@fitzwilliamonline.com> wrote in
news:6SHGSqA$rdYBFwIW@fitzwilliamonline.com:

My contract just expired and I was impressed with the support from Plus
Net. As far as an ISP s concerned I have nothing but praise. Everything was
done via their website and the next thing I know two days ago the speed
went from 512k to 2Meg. But again I signed up for a year using their easy
start plan and it served me well.

Never thought of the router route (no pun intended) but I did look at the
ADSL modem, router and firewall combination from Netgear. Perhaps this is a
wise investment, but than all the fiddling and sorting the bibs and bobs
have to be done. I want to drive a car not repair it is my philosophy.

Let me know how you are coming along with the router solution.

One2Go

On 06 Oct 2004 in uk.telecom.broadband, One2Go wrote:

I think you'll find most 'fiddling and sorting' may be needed if there is
(a) wireless involved, or (b) firmware updates applied but in the case of
a wired connection, it's likely to connect and be mostly forgotten about.
My router is in another room, I see the lights flash very rarely (I just
go to sleep or am getting dressed so don't check lights are flashing!)

I can say from having assisted a number of users, that setting up an ADSL
connection with a router is likely to be under 30 minutes and most users
will never "look back". I check on a number of my clients' routers from
here, and (power cuts or configuration changes excepted) they're mostly
"on all the time". One guy down in a Dover office received a router on
loan from me about a month ago, where it had all the login info saved by
me (I could not test it here, as his ISP is another firm) and was plugged
in to the phone line that morning. After a few minutes talking him through
his ethernet settings to use the router, he (and it) have been able to use
the internet for many days without break (I just checked - been connected
since 08/09...

09/08/2004 15:01:27> ADSL connected
09/08/2004 15:01:27> PPP1 PPPoA Connected
09/08/2004 15:01:41> PPP CHAP Authentication success
09/08/2004 15:01:41> PPP1 Session is up.

I see from the log it was disconnected around 6 hours after first being
connected (he unplugged the phone line to be able to move the router on
the desk to some other spot). Routers are often buy, install, forget!