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Andrew Shaw
Hi folks,
I have a computer (XP Pro, SP1) with dial-up internet access that is
randomly disconnecting. Usual behaviour is that the first use of the day
will connect to the ISP and then immediately disconnect once it has
finished the user name/password exchange. Redialling will then work fine
with no changes.
I've swapped out the original internal modem for a known, working
external one and got exactly the same behaviour. (I still don't trust
internal modems!)
I'll be calling the ISP tomorrow to see if they have any hints from
their end, but I suspect they will just show a disconnect initiated from
my end, if I can even get them to look at their logs!
I have a second computer in the same house using the same ISP, but with
a different account, that is working fine so I suspect that the line
into the house is OK. There is a telephone extension lead on the problem
PC though as it is in a different room so that could be part of my
problem and I might try swapping that out tomorrow too.
The problem PC is a new one, but I didn't see this behaviour for the
first 2 weeks I had it when I built it. Its only started doing this once
I moved it to its home.
So apart from the telephone lead, can anyone think of something I might
have missed?
Thanks in advance
Andrew
I have a computer (XP Pro, SP1) with dial-up internet access that is
randomly disconnecting. Usual behaviour is that the first use of the day
will connect to the ISP and then immediately disconnect once it has
finished the user name/password exchange. Redialling will then work fine
with no changes.
I've swapped out the original internal modem for a known, working
external one and got exactly the same behaviour. (I still don't trust
internal modems!)
I'll be calling the ISP tomorrow to see if they have any hints from
their end, but I suspect they will just show a disconnect initiated from
my end, if I can even get them to look at their logs!
I have a second computer in the same house using the same ISP, but with
a different account, that is working fine so I suspect that the line
into the house is OK. There is a telephone extension lead on the problem
PC though as it is in a different room so that could be part of my
problem and I might try swapping that out tomorrow too.
The problem PC is a new one, but I didn't see this behaviour for the
first 2 weeks I had it when I built it. Its only started doing this once
I moved it to its home.
So apart from the telephone lead, can anyone think of something I might
have missed?
Thanks in advance
Andrew