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Forum: Rants Topic: my isp sucks!!! started by: beuges Posted by beuges on May 16 2001,21:11
$^@^$\%&@$^@!^@\%$^$^i have just spent the last 15 mins trying to connect to the net, cos i've got a project due at midday, it's now 1:00am, and i have to get some stuff from my email to do it. and my isp decides now is the time to crap out and reject my connections. now i'm wide awake and can wait for a few mins, but what pisses me off more is that i'm fucking paying for each connection attempt. one or two dropped connections i can understand, but 8????? i even tried signing up for another isp with a free trial kit i have, i am that desperate for that mail. and that server sucks ass too. i am just waiting for south africa to get some decent fucking technology and brains so they dont fuck up my life any more Posted by whtdrgn_2 on May 30 2001,15:29
Forgive me for sounding like a tech support guy but here it goes:Not being able to connect and not being able to connect really has to do with two issues. You phone line and your modem. There is very little you can do about the phone line (call your phone company and do a clarity of signal check on your line). The modem can be helped (if you are running windows). You will want to set the max connect speed down to 57600, and set you conenct timeout up to 90 seconds (to do this look for "Cancel the call if not connected within [60] seconds." on the "Connection" tab in the modem properties. Here is the trick (I have had this bight me in the ass so look out). You need to make those changes in the Modem Properties in the Control panel, and the specific Dial Up Networking properties for them modem. If you do not make the changes in both places is won't mean dick. Also find out what modem protocol your ISP uses (x2, K56Flex, v.90). Get an init string for your modem and use that. Some modems have a hard time discovering what protocol to use and will fail the connection. I know this all sounds simple, but when I did alot of tech support, it worked 8/10 times. If you have Win95, you can get two updates from Microsoft.com that will help with the DUN issues. ------------------ Posted by Spydir on May 30 2001,16:13
correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading awhile ago that Windows doesn't use modems correctly. Something about trying to use it as an ethernet device. You could fix that by hacking the registery a little, or something, and it would "optimize" the modem. I dunno, read that somewhere... I think it was on packet storm...------------------ Posted by solid on May 30 2001,18:35
This monday? So long Look communications Inc.. I enjoyed stealing your bandwidth, and getting pissed off by not being able to connect like beuges...Hi, Rogers Cable. sorry for boasting Posted by Dark Knight Bob on May 31 2001,12:11
get a hammer hit modem repeatedly.and it isnt always the phone line and modem. sometimes the isp fucks up. i use this cheap comepletely unknown one. its damn unreliable but cos no on uses it like ever i get 1337 ping ------------------ This message has been edited by Dark Knight Bob on June 01, 2001 at 07:12 AM Posted by KL1NK on Jun. 01 2001,01:31
quote: a 1337 ping?!?! that's horrible </sarcasm> Posted by beuges on Jun. 01 2001,03:10
quote: i agree :P and i'm quite certain its my isp, not my modem or phone line. edit: quoting someone who quoted someone else doesn't always work This message has been edited by beuges on June 01, 2001 at 10:14 PM |