aol broadband

Hello,

Quick and dirty, I've got 5 pc's running p2p network under
win98. we've just used dialup until last week, but the
boss man wants aol, so we went aol broadband...against my
suggestions... anyway.

dsl modem goes to the linksys router, then out to
the 'puters. They all can connect thru the router, all at
the same time under different screen names. so all that
stuff works.

Here's the difference. Under dialup connections, other
applications can see and use the connection...virus scan
can update...etc. With the aol application minimized, I
can use other methods to connect, ie6 etc.

While trying to set up a vpn, I realized that no other
application but aol can access my connection. this
problem seems to be on all 5 machines, so it leads me to
believe that it's a router setting that I've missed.

Burnt up way too much overhead this week trying to get a
little help from tech support. aol support gave up
twice. on two different problems. referred me to linksys
and then to microsoft. hehehe. reminds me of the good
old days.

any suggestions?

Thanks!


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My suggestion is scrap AOL. It is not the Internet but only a gateway to it.
Tell your boss I said he is an idiot.
--
Thanks for Your Time, Yor Suiris
Remove NOT to reply.
But it is best to share it with the Group.
"Sick O AOL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:031c01c37c78$c9271f90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> Quick and dirty, I've got 5 pc's running p2p network under
> win98. we've just used dialup until last week, but the
> boss man wants aol, so we went aol broadband...against my
> suggestions... anyway.
>
> dsl modem goes to the linksys router, then out to
> the 'puters. They all can connect thru the router, all at
> the same time under different screen names. so all that
> stuff works.
>
> Here's the difference. Under dialup connections, other
> applications can see and use the connection...virus scan
> can update...etc. With the aol application minimized, I
> can use other methods to connect, ie6 etc.
>
> While trying to set up a vpn, I realized that no other
> application but aol can access my connection. this
> problem seems to be on all 5 machines, so it leads me to
> believe that it's a router setting that I've missed.
>
> Burnt up way too much overhead this week trying to get a
> little help from tech support. aol support gave up
> twice. on two different problems. referred me to linksys
> and then to microsoft. hehehe. reminds me of the good
> old days.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> .
>
>

Yes, I concur.

Not a lot I can do about the connection...but I was hoping
for a little more help...

I know aol sucks and have known it for years, but gotta
deal with the cards I've been handed.


>-----Original Message-----
>My suggestion is scrap AOL. It is not the Internet but
only a gateway to it.
>Tell your boss I said he is an idiot.
>--
>Thanks for Your Time, Yor Suiris
>Remove NOT to reply.
>But it is best to share it with the Group.
>"Sick O AOL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:031c01c37c78$c9271f90$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hello,
>>
>> Quick and dirty, I've got 5 pc's running p2p network
under
>> win98. we've just used dialup until last week, but the
>> boss man wants aol, so we went aol broadband...against
my
>> suggestions... anyway.
>>
>> dsl modem goes to the linksys router, then out to
>> the 'puters. They all can connect thru the router, all
at
>> the same time under different screen names. so all that
>> stuff works.
>>
>> Here's the difference. Under dialup connections, other
>> applications can see and use the connection...virus scan
>> can update...etc. With the aol application minimized, I
>> can use other methods to connect, ie6 etc.
>>
>> While trying to set up a vpn, I realized that no other
>> application but aol can access my connection. this
>> problem seems to be on all 5 machines, so it leads me to
>> believe that it's a router setting that I've missed.
>>
>> Burnt up way too much overhead this week trying to get a
>> little help from tech support. aol support gave up
>> twice. on two different problems. referred me to
linksys
>> and then to microsoft. hehehe. reminds me of the good
>> old days.
>>
>> any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>