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AOL - No Dialtone Error
Posted on August 28th, 2004 | 11 Comments

A friend is having trouble with a PC being able to dial up to AOL, and I'd like to know if anybody here has any advice. After a thunderstorm, her modem stopped working. I looked at the machine at...

USR 5610b modem and call-waiting
Posted on August 28th, 2004 | 0 Comments

I have one of these modems, and occasionally it will ring the phone on receipt of call-waiting tone. But it does this only sporadically, as I learned today when I got a Mailgram from someone who has...

adsl modem question
Posted on August 28th, 2004 | 1 Comments

HI there, If I will buy an adsl modem with a few ethernet ports built in does it mean it is a modem/router/switch all in one? What do you recommend? Thanks a lot, Calin

Cannot get online: PC is unable to initialize modem
Posted on August 27th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Hi. I'm hoping someone can help me out. I just installed Walmart Connect on my parents' PC. When I go to sign on, I get a message saying "unable to initialize modem". I thought I might have...

Access PC from Work
Posted on August 27th, 2004 | 2 Comments

Trying to connect to my home PC from work. I have port forwarding set up to direct my external address (68.41.XX.XXX) to an internal address for my Web camera (192.168.0.11). I am using Motorola's...

Speed increase means nothing
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 75 Comments

TO all, What good is a speed increase from the cable companies when websites and such are saturated and U can only get a fraction of the bandwidth available anyway. I just went with COX's 5MB/768K...

.inf files
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Hello again, I have just discovered that .inf files are 'information' files...I was told that the driver for my 'Wave Device' was called 'wavrss.inf'...but this as I have just mentioned is only an...

Account info not found
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 4 Comments

Comcast stopped working for me last week, giving a "account info not found" page. It pulls an IP and is obviously connecting to Comcast, but somehow they seem to have lost my record. Called tech...

MODEM DRIVER
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 1 Comments

Can anyone tell me why I can't find 'WAVRSS.INF' for my 'wave device for voice modem'...I have downloaded it from 'driverguide.com' in several different locations at the site, but only end up with...

Use of router
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 15 Comments

This may be a stupid question, but I am new to cable modems and being connected all the time. Is it safer to use a router with NAT between the modem and the computer rather than just go from the...

Using a modem bought in the USA, in Brazil?
Posted on August 26th, 2004 | 8 Comments

hi. Since here in Brazil I can only find winmodems, or ISA modems (most modern motherboards don't have ISA slots), and I need a modem that works on any OS, I am considering buying a "real" modem in...

Superfax will not send
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi, I have just installed a new modem (v.92 fax modem) but my fax program Superfax, although it will dial up ok, it will not send a fax signal. The modem properties in Superfax tell me that the...

Netgear modem/router logon problem
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 3 Comments

Hi I work on an IT helpdesk. I sent a Netgear DG632 modem/router out to a user. She has a IBM T30 laptop, running Win2k. When she tries to log on, she gets a D-Link DS604+ logon screen, and cant...

Why are the cable companies increasing speed?
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 12 Comments

Just saw a new COX commercial extolling how their having COX is fast, without busy signals .... STOP I think it;s pretty obvious to the people of RI. They OWN RI! Why r they doing this?

Question about Samsung 12XX series Laser pirnters
Posted on August 25th, 2004 | 1 Comments

My question is, has anyone tried using them on an HP Jetdirect port? I want to know if they have any oddball software they monitors toner levels and the like. my current Canon i550 does this, and...

My cable modem is down
Posted on August 24th, 2004 | 3 Comments

I recently woke up finding my cable modem would not show "online" and no combination of power off/on would resolve the problem. I called comcast.. they tried to run their modem diagnostics with no...

Who knows how to use an ADSL Ethernet Bridge Modem?
Posted on August 24th, 2004 | 0 Comments

Hi all. From the sound of it, it sounds exactly like what I would like to have to put my server on the Internet. Isn't it simply an ADSL modem that connects to an ISP just like any other ADSL...

Elsa 33.6 TQV hangs
Posted on August 23rd, 2004 | 0 Comments

I've got a Elsa 33.6 modem running 24/7 at a unix machine, working fine except that it hangs from time to time. Usually mgetty is listening actively, and sometimes uucico calls out or a fax machine...

comcast in chicago
Posted on August 22nd, 2004 | 2 Comments

Hi. I have to setup a Comcast connection for a friend in Chicago. I am using comcast since that seems to be the only option. I have a couple questions. 1) How is the service? - From the users...

No more premium channels for analog customers?
Posted on August 22nd, 2004 | 38 Comments

I realize this may not be the best place to post this but I can't seem to find anyplace better. I'm sure someone knows something about this though. I have analog cable and Comcast has just recently...