Speedtouch USB

When installing this modem it installs as a dial-up connection (with a ADSL
connection speed). Can one install it as a Local Area Connection?

Cap

"Cap Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> When installing this modem it installs as a dial-up connection (with a
> ADSL connection speed). Can one install it as a Local Area
> Connection?

That's how the USB modems work. It uses the dialup mechanism to initiate
a connection and authenticate. You could get it to automatically dial on
startup by editing a local security policy, but it'll still be a "dialup"
connection. You could replace the modem with an ethernet modem or ADSL
router if you really don't like the dialup.

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> "Cap Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> > When installing this modem it installs as a dial-up connection (with a
> > ADSL connection speed). Can one install it as a Local Area
> > Connection?
>
> That's how the USB modems work. It uses the dialup mechanism to initiate
> a connection and authenticate. You could get it to automatically dial on
> startup by editing a local security policy, but it'll still be a "dialup"
> connection. You could replace the modem with an ethernet modem or ADSL
> router if you really don't like the dialup.
>
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On my other machine I have a USB binatone and it is on Local Area
Connection!

Cap

"Cap Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> On my other machine I have a USB binatone and it is on Local Area
> Connection!

Okay... just had a look at the Binatone modem and it seems it uses a web
page for the settings? In which case it's the modem that holds the
settings and initiates the connection in a similar way to a router. In
essence this works in a similar way to the old Speedtouch Home single
port routers and the network interface is provided by the Binatone in a
similar way to USB to ethernet adapters.

The Speedtouch USB modem does not hold settings so depends on the dialup
mechanism to initiate the connection. I take you don't have to "dial up"
the Binatone modem when you want to use the Internet connection?

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> "Cap Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> > On my other machine I have a USB binatone and it is on Local Area
> > Connection!
>
> Okay... just had a look at the Binatone modem and it seems it uses a web
> page for the settings? In which case it's the modem that holds the
> settings and initiates the connection in a similar way to a router. In
> essence this works in a similar way to the old Speedtouch Home single
> port routers and the network interface is provided by the Binatone in a
> similar way to USB to ethernet adapters.
>
> The Speedtouch USB modem does not hold settings so depends on the dialup
> mechanism to initiate the connection. I take you don't have to "dial up"
> the Binatone modem when you want to use the Internet connection?
>
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Correct. Thanks for the info.

Cap

What "Local security policy" will make the connection dial at startup?

"Phil Chung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Cap Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > When installing this modem it installs as a dial-up connection (with a
> > ADSL connection speed). Can one install it as a Local Area
> > Connection?
>
> That's how the USB modems work. It uses the dialup mechanism to initiate
> a connection and authenticate. You could get it to automatically dial on
> startup by editing a local security policy, but it'll still be a "dialup"
> connection. You could replace the modem with an ethernet modem or ADSL
> router if you really don't like the dialup.
>
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On 12 May 2004, MC uttered the following:

> What "Local security policy" will make the connection dial at startup?

Maybe not local security policy... I can't remember what now as I haven't
used the Speedtouch modem for years. Involved calling rasdial to dial
the connection. There'll be other ways of achieving the same thing, but
I placed it into a local policy that dialed the connection before WinXP's
login screen.

I think it was this: http://snipurl.com/6c55

But the command was something like:

rasdial <connection name> <username> <password>

Worked a treat and that's what I used until I bought a router.
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"Phil Chung" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Cap Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > On my other machine I have a USB binatone and it is on Local Area
> > Connection!
>
> Okay... just had a look at the Binatone modem and it seems it uses a web
> page for the settings? In which case it's the modem that holds the
> settings and initiates the connection in a similar way to a router. In
> essence this works in a similar way to the old Speedtouch Home single
> port routers and the network interface is provided by the Binatone in a
> similar way to USB to ethernet adapters.
>
> The Speedtouch USB modem does not hold settings so depends on the dialup
> mechanism to initiate the connection. I take you don't have to "dial up"
> the Binatone modem when you want to use the Internet connection?
>

How come my SpeedTouch ISDN adaptor (which is on a serial port) has both LAN
(Ethernet) and WAN (Dial up) type drivers. And it actually does dial a
number which it must store somewhere.....


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"David Wade" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> How come my SpeedTouch ISDN adaptor (which is on a serial port) has
> both LAN (Ethernet) and WAN (Dial up) type drivers. And it actually
> does dial a number which it must store somewhere.....

Depends on how companies wish to implement device drivers? I've not used
any ISDN products before so wouldn't know about them.

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