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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / December 2006DSL Modem Auto connect problems
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. 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.  SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > Hi, > I have a computer running Windows xp Home, which has a Speedtouch DSL [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. > Thanks. 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. >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 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >You will find that when you next boot the dial up connection box will appear >ready for you to connect. > Go to Control panel and click on the Internet Options Icon. In the > Internet Properties window click the Connections tab. In this window [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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` >> Hi, >> I have a computer running Windows xp Home, which has a Speedtouch DSL [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >> Thanks. 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. SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. >> Go to Control panel and click on the Internet Options Icon. In the >> Internet Properties window click the Connections tab. In this window [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>> Thanks. 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` SignatureDon't feel sorry for me; it's just my ignorance showing! > Poprivet, my connection is a DSL connection using the same speedtouch > modem as the OP. because some connections are not 'always on' (as say [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>> Thanks. 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 SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >>>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>>> Thanks. 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` > 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) [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] >>>>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>>>> Thanks. 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. SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > 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" [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] >>>>>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>>>>> Thanks. 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! > 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 [quoted text clipped - 88 lines] >>>>>>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>>>>>> Thanks. 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:-) SignatureJohn Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. > 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 [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] >>>>>>>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>>>>>>> Thanks. PS - I made the assumption we were talking about North American DSL. Is this perhaps a country outside NA? Pop` > Poprivet, my connection is a DSL connection using the same speedtouch > modem as the OP. because some connections are not 'always on' (as say [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >>>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>>> Thanks. 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! > Hi, > I have a computer running Windows xp Home, which has a Speedtouch DSL [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. > Thanks. 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?? >Hi! > [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] >> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >> Thanks. > 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` >> Hi! >> [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >>> connects the Broadband modem, before I run any applications. >>> Thanks. |
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