Anyone using AOL and a gateway/router..?

Hi folks,

subject says it all really!

If anyone has got it working could I please (for want of a better
phrase) "pick your brains"?

Many thanks.

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IamTheWalrus

"IamTheWalrus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> subject says it all really!
>
> If anyone has got it working could I please (for want of a better
> phrase) "pick your brains"?

I'm about to try this myself for a customer.

From another thread, it seems that the router must be set up as follows:

>> Setup is identical to any other ISP (VPI/VCI/Encapsulation
>> etc.). For the login-name, you use screen-(E-Mail Removed)
>> (replacing screen- name with your actual screen name). In the
>> AOL software, you also need to set its communications setup to
>> use a network connection rather than directly connected modem.
>>
>> ADSL Line Parameters
>> Encapsulation: PPPoA VC-Mux
>> VPI=0
>> VCI=38
>> ATMQoS=UBR
>> MTU size 1458 change to 1400 <===== AOL-specific ======
>>
>> Worked fine using a non-AOL Netgear modem/router


The crucial setting seems to be the reduced MTU size.




Does anyone know whether AOL has an SMTP server for sending email? The
customer uses AOL for sending/reading email, so that will work fine. But her
husband will want to send and receive emails using Outlook or Outlook
Express from his laptop which will be connected to the router. I presume
that he can read his emails via POP3 - most mail servers are set up to allow
access from a "foreign" ISP connection. But sending to the corresponding
SMTP server is usually not allowed from a "foreign" ISP connection.

Hence the need for an AOL SMTP server to send emails via.

"Martin Underwood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> "IamTheWalrus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Ow8QeAA+(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> subject says it all really!
>>
>> If anyone has got it working could I please (for want of a better
>> phrase) "pick your brains"?

The magic numbers are: MTU=1400, RWIN=13600
You have two options:
- set the MTU on the router. However, not all routers allow you to do
this, and come with a preset value (usually 1500) in which case...
- set MTU and RWIN on each PC. Use either DrTCP or TCPOptimizer to do
this (Google for downloads)

Read about this stuff at AOL keyword 'home networking'

I am not an AOL user but have set it up for others. Works just fine.

> Does anyone know whether AOL has an SMTP server for sending email?
Yes - see below

> The customer uses AOL for sending/reading email, so that will work
> fine. But her husband will want to send and receive emails using
> Outlook or Outlook Express from his laptop which will be connected
> to the router.
Of course

> I presume that he can read his emails via POP3 -
No, but there is an alternative - see below

> most mail servers are set up to allow access from a "foreign" ISP
> connection. But sending to the corresponding SMTP server is
> usually not allowed from a "foreign" ISP connection.
>
> Hence the need for an AOL SMTP server to send emails via.

See AOL keyword 'open mail access' and read:
<http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/>
and related links.

Hope this helps

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PPPoe <--- only managed to get on using this protocol

Works fine with a buffalo router, works fine on all aol accounts even silver





"IamTheWalrus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Ow8QeAA+(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi folks,
>
> subject says it all really!
>
> If anyone has got it working could I please (for want of a better
> phrase) "pick your brains"?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> --
> IamTheWalrus

Incoming email server address: imap.uk.aol.com

Outgoing email server address: SMTP.uk.aol.com

The incoming email server is an IMAP server. You will have to ensure that
your email application supports the IMAP protocol and will have to select
IMAP (not POP3 or HTTP) at some point during the setup process.

The SMTP server requires authentication - this means that in order to send
an email you must log in with a user name or password to the SMTP server.
The user name and password are the same as your AOL Screen Name and AOL
password.

Martin Underwood wrote:
> Does anyone know whether AOL has an SMTP server for sending email? The
> customer uses AOL for sending/reading email, so that will work fine. But her
> husband will want to send and receive emails using Outlook or Outlook
> Express from his laptop which will be connected to the router. I presume
> that he can read his emails via POP3 - most mail servers are set up to allow
> access from a "foreign" ISP connection. But sending to the corresponding
> SMTP server is usually not allowed from a "foreign" ISP connection.
> Hence the need for an AOL SMTP server to send emails via.

Not AFAIK. But when I used AOL I was able to use my domain name
registrar's SMTP server provided I authenticated through POP first.

Don't think AOL provide NNTP either, so perhaps time to investigate
something like Clara Mail And News account for tenner a year, and check
it will work over AOL

Owain