Connection problem

I have a computer running Windows XP that is connected to Tiscalil via a USB
Speedtouch 330 Broadband modem. How can i configure it so that when i startup
my computer the modem automatically connects to the Internet, without me
having to click the connect icon.

Thanks

"Cyberdog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a computer running Windows XP that is connected to Tiscalil via a
> USB
> Speedtouch 330 Broadband modem. How can i configure it so that when i
> startup
> my computer the modem automatically connects to the Internet, without me
> having to click the connect icon.

You can't with the 330. To do what you suggest would require a router.

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:45:04 -0000, "Pod" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

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>"Cyberdog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I have a computer running Windows XP that is connected to Tiscalil via a
>> USB
>> Speedtouch 330 Broadband modem. How can i configure it so that when i
>> startup
>> my computer the modem automatically connects to the Internet, without me
>> having to click the connect icon.
>
>You can't with the 330. To do what you suggest would require a router.
>
The computer actually belongs to someone else, and I am setting it up for them
after a bad crash. I have it so that he has to click on the connect icon to,
connect. However he said that it always used to connect when he started it up.
Can I take it that this was never the case??

On 29 Dec 2006, Cyberdog <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>However he said that it always used to connect when he started it up.

Unless I'm mistaking this for a different thread here or in another group,
one comment there (to make a connection occur on boot) was to use 'Startup'
group off the Windows start menu, and put some connection shortcut there.

Personally I'd recommend using a router and connect via ethernet - routers
will stay online to the ISP, and allow 'instant' access, and using NAT, do
a bit of firewalling for the user, compared with any USB/PCI ADSL modem, so
keeping the PC more protected during boot {there's some time before any s/w
firewall will be enabled, and some operations might disable the firewall to
allow for upgrades etc, so leave the PC especially vulnerable at that time}

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:13:47 +0000, Cyberdog <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>Can I take it that this was never the case??

no, a shortcut in the Startup folder is one way to auto-connect. Other
methods include virus checkers and the like going on-line to update
themselves and initiating the connection.

Phil

"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:13:47 +0000, Cyberdog <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>>Can I take it that this was never the case??
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> no, a shortcut in the Startup folder is one way to auto-connect. Other
> methods include virus checkers and the like going on-line to update
> themselves and initiating the connection.

Another interpretation of the previous behaviour is that the first use of IE
triggered the ADSL connection using the "Automatically connect" setting in
IE. This would mean that the computer would connect for any internet
request, typically the AV update.

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Graham J

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:14:22 +0000, Phil Thompson <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:13:47 +0000, Cyberdog <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
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>>Can I take it that this was never the case??
>
>no, a shortcut in the Startup folder is one way to auto-connect. Other
>methods include virus checkers and the like going on-line to update
>themselves and initiating the connection.
>
>Phil
I have to admit that I never looked in the startup folder to see if that was
how it used to connect. I will give it a go, seeing that you are the second
person to make this suggestion.
Thanks

On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:44:07 -0000, "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

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>"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:13:47 +0000, Cyberdog <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
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>>>Can I take it that this was never the case??
>>
>> no, a shortcut in the Startup folder is one way to auto-connect. Other
>> methods include virus checkers and the like going on-line to update
>> themselves and initiating the connection.
>
>Another interpretation of the previous behaviour is that the first use of IE
>triggered the ADSL connection using the "Automatically connect" setting in
>IE. This would mean that the computer would connect for any internet
>request, typically the AV update.

If I was to start up IE7, it will actually make a connection to the Internet.
However any other program (ie outlook or Firefox) will not auto connect.

On 30 Dec 2006, Cyberdog <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If I was to start up IE7, it will actually make a connection to the Internet.
>However any other program (ie outlook or Firefox) will not auto connect.

I'm a little surprised about MS OE not causing the same action as MS IE,
as changing to 'Work Offline' (File menu) generally affects both of them
(but won't affect Firefox, since that doesn't take as much notice of the
Internet Options / Connection settings - which can be handy sometimes).