56k.... Problem keeping it up.... The conection that is...

[Makaveli]

Im on a 56k http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif http://www.sysopt.com/forum/redface.gif

Every now and then, some days more than others, my conection will stop working. I won't get booted offline, but its like my conection died.. I can't load anything anymore.. and cant do anything involving the internet.. but im actually still conected.. Does anyone know what this is cause it drives me insane.. is it just my ISP?? (Megalink) Thanks..

-MaK

[eagle1]

Yeah... I get that too! The connection is still on the computer but if I pick up the phone, I know that I have been disconected from the ISP because there's a normal tone in the phone.!

Do you have by any chance an integrated modem?

[Makaveli]

No, I do not.. What do you have for an ISP..and how often does this happen to you?

[Dove19983]

I guess its just one of the many things wrong with 56K, It happens to me either when I first sign on or about 4 or 5 hours after I'm online.

Win-Modem
Win98
Earthlink

[Philip1952]

If windows gets low on resources it will drop a modem or nic connection. Plus it won't tell you about it eather. I found this out when I started playing games on line. After I added more memory it stoped some of it.
Now then. Go start/settings\control panel\system info\system devices\ click the plus sign on your modem. High lite your modem and click properities. On the modem page make sure your max speed is 115,000 this is the speed of the port your modem uses. Not your modem speed.
Next click the connection tab then port setting. Make sure your recieve buffer is all the way to the right.
Next click the advanced button on the same page. In the box that says extra settings. Type in the line. S10=50 . This will add a 5 second delay before you modem disconnects from line noise or a picked up phone or anything else. It will keep trying to reconnect till this time is up.
See if this helps you stay on line.
Also go here and do the internet connection test. Then the auto fix it has for windows. http://www.pcpitstop.com/
Then if you feel all right working in the regestry try this.


BROWSING SPEEDUP


... Suggested by Ricky Johnson (johnson.ricky@verizon.net).
This tip works on ALL Windows 95/98/ME and NT4/2000 systems with MS Internet Explorer 4/5/6 installed.
This Registry tip speeds up internet/remote (using Windows Explorer and/or Internet Explorer) browsing process considerably on most MS Windows 32-bit machines connected to a network and/or remote computer(s).
This actually fixes a BUG in MS Windows OSes that scan shared (remote) folders/files across the network for Scheduled Tasks, and can add a delay as long as 30 seconds (!), because it uses extra time to search the remote computer(s). http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif
To do this, open Regedit (Win95/98/ME) or Regedt32 (WinNT4/2000) and go to:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace
Highlight this value:

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

and delete it: right-click on it -> select Delete -> click OK.

RECOMMENDED: Export (BACKUP) this Registry key to a REG file FIRST, to be able to restore it (by running the REG file) if necessary. In Regedit: highlight the key name in the left hand pane -> click "Registry" from the menu -> select "Export Registry File..." -> type a file name in the "File name" field -> browse to the destination of your choice -> push the Save button.

This Registry change takes effect immediately.
Just start MS IE while connected to the network/internet to see the difference.

NOTE: Upgrading to a newer MS Internet Explorer release may add this key to your Registry during Setup, therefore you may need to delete it again after installing MS IE.

This sould keep you out of trouble for a while. Let me know how it is going.

[club_med]

I guess one of the main problems with 56k modems is that your connection speed has a lot to do with how much traffic there is.

So no matter what you do, and no matter what software you get that might help you boost your speed, it all depends on the traffic.

[Makaveli]

Philip1952- Thanks, I did everything that was said... I will stay on the net for a while... and I will tell you if I see any good changes...

-MaK

[Makaveli]

Well I have been online ever since I made that last post and I havn't had one dissconect yet. Everything is running great now.. Thanks for your help, Philip1952

-MaK