Digital AND analogue - problems

I have installed BT Broadband, using their "Voyager" modem and it works OK.
However, I still have 6 months to run with my old ISP which I contact by dial-up
(for example to access Usenet. If I use my dial-up connection, I often fing my
BT connection doesn't work, and get an error message like "Dial up connection
doesn't work" - dead helpful.
Can anyone tell me if there is any good reason for this problem and whether
there is a simple fix?

On Sun, 22 May 2005 23:17:01 +0100, R L Tosswill
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me if there is any good reason for this problem and whether
>there is a simple fix?

are you feeding the dialup modem through the phone side of a
microfilter ? if not you should be.

are these both on the same machine ? a USB Voyager modem and an
internal 56k modem perhaps. Do you disconnect the Voyager connection
before making the dialup ?

Phil
--
Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices.
AOL - the unlimited ISP of choice for heavy downloaders.

> I have installed BT Broadband, using their "Voyager" modem and it works
OK.
> However, I still have 6 months to run with my old ISP which I contact by
dial-up
> (for example to access Usenet. If I use my dial-up connection, I often
fing my
> BT connection doesn't work, and get an error message like "Dial up
connection
> doesn't work" - dead helpful.
> Can anyone tell me if there is any good reason for this problem and
whether
> there is a simple fix?

Try this.
Control panel - Internet options - Connections tab - never dial a
connection - OK
Now drag a shortcut from both of the connections you use in Dial up
Networking, to your desktop or taskbar (assuming they are not there already)
and use these to connect to the net.

Apart from the fact you are still paying for it, why do you need to use the
dialup?

--
Graham.



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On Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:42 +0100, Phil Thompson <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Sun, 22 May 2005 23:17:01 +0100, R L Tosswill
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Can anyone tell me if there is any good reason for this problem and whether
>>there is a simple fix?
>
>are you feeding the dialup modem through the phone side of a
>microfilter ? if not you should be.
Yes, through a microfilter

>are these both on the same machine ? a USB Voyager modem and an
>internal 56k modem perhaps. Do you disconnect the Voyager connection
>before making the dialup ?
I disconnect the Voyager connection before dialling up.
Thanks for replying - it is the fact that the fault is intermittent that is so
annoying, but I am sure there is an association between dial-up use and
broadband becoming unavailable until I have completed a restart.
Richard

On Mon, 23 May 2005 00:16:28 +0100, "Graham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>> I have installed BT Broadband, using their "Voyager" modem and it works
>OK.
>> However, I still have 6 months to run with my old ISP which I contact by
>dial-up
>> (for example to access Usenet. If I use my dial-up connection, I often
>fing my
>> BT connection doesn't work, and get an error message like "Dial up
>connection
>> doesn't work" - dead helpful.
>> Can anyone tell me if there is any good reason for this problem and
>whether
>> there is a simple fix?
>
>Try this.
>Control panel - Internet options - Connections tab - never dial a
>connection - OK
>Now drag a shortcut from both of the connections you use in Dial up
>Networking, to your desktop or taskbar (assuming they are not there already)
>and use these to connect to the net.
I will try as you suggest. Thank you.
>
>Apart from the fact you are still paying for it, why do you need to use the
>dialup?
U-net provide my Usenet access, thus enabling discussions such as this. I will
no doubt have to join a paiid-for Usenet provider eventually.
Richard

On Mon, 23 May 2005 10:16:00 +0100, R L Tosswill
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Thanks for replying - it is the fact that the fault is intermittent that is so
>annoying, but I am sure there is an association between dial-up use and
>broadband becoming unavailable until I have completed a restart.

so its a windows thing, running dialup messes up USB modem drivers
perhaps.

FWIW I have a machine that dials up happily while staying connected to
an ethernet ADSL router and Windows seems comfortable switching the
routing around accordingly. Food for thought.

A couple of time I have found 56k modems plugged into the wrong side
of microfilters, not helped by the RJ11 side being marked "modem"

Phil
--
Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices.
AOL - the unlimited ISP of choice for heavy downloaders.