Wanadoo Nightmare Update

Thanks to all who gave me advise.

I have isolated the problem to a dodgy extension.

I now have a 15m extension lead running witha filter at the end into which
the modem plugs.

On my laptop , the modem connects everytime , however , on my friend PC , I
receive a Port is already open error 0633 and have to unplug from USb and
plug in a again.

I then receive NO Dial Tone erroor 680 and have to unplug the lead form back
of modem and plug in again. I can then connect.

Any cluse to this latets issue. he is using Windows 98 SE

In article <ZYV7d.190402$(E-Mail Removed)> , John
<brian.glover2spamspamchipsandspam@spamspamchipsan dspamblueyonder.co.uk>
writes
>Thanks to all who gave me advise.
>
>I have isolated the problem to a dodgy extension.
>
>I now have a 15m extension lead running witha filter at the end into which
>the modem plugs.
>
Glad you have now found the problem.

>On my laptop , the modem connects everytime , however , on my friend PC , I
>receive a Port is already open error 0633 and have to unplug from USb and
>plug in a again.
>
>I then receive NO Dial Tone erroor 680 and have to unplug the lead form back
>of modem and plug in again. I can then connect.

No idea why it's doing that but does it work if you disable wait for a
dial tone in the settings.
>
>Any cluse to this latets issue. he is using Windows 98 SE

Time for an O/S upgrade? I have finally given up on W98, upgraded PC
last week and was not sorry to see W98 go. I used to triple boot, now
down to dual boot (XP/Linux). Win98 was OK-ish but it has had it's day,
no chance of him upgrading?


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Paul

"Paul" <paul@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:hxGW7RAczRYBFwJ+@icedragon.ndo.co.uk...
> In article <ZYV7d.190402$(E-Mail Removed)> , John
> <brian.glover2spamspamchipsandspam@spamspamchipsan dspamblueyonder.co.uk>
> writes
> >Thanks to all who gave me advise.
> >
> >I have isolated the problem to a dodgy extension.
> >
> >I now have a 15m extension lead running witha filter at the end into
which
> >the modem plugs.
> >
> Glad you have now found the problem.
>
> >On my laptop , the modem connects everytime , however , on my friend PC ,
I
> >receive a Port is already open error 0633 and have to unplug from USb and
> >plug in a again.
> >
> >I then receive NO Dial Tone erroor 680 and have to unplug the lead form
back
> >of modem and plug in again. I can then connect.
>
> No idea why it's doing that but does it work if you disable wait for a
> dial tone in the settings.
> >
> >Any cluse to this latets issue. he is using Windows 98 SE
>
> Time for an O/S upgrade? I have finally given up on W98, upgraded PC
> last week and was not sorry to see W98 go. I used to triple boot, now
> down to dual boot (XP/Linux). Win98 was OK-ish but it has had it's day,
> no chance of him upgrading?
>
>
> --
> Paul

Upgrade has been discussed , but he has some specialised software for his PC
that wont work under win ME upwards. This software also needs internet
access so thats a non starter.

In article <%qf8d.206363$(E-Mail Removed) >, John
<brian.glover2spamspamchipsandspam@spamspamchipsan dspamblueyonder.co.uk>
writes
>
>"Paul" <paul@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>news:hxGW7RAczRYBFwJ+@icedragon.ndo.co.uk...
>> In article <ZYV7d.190402$(E-Mail Removed)> , John
>> <brian.glover2spamspamchipsandspam@spamspamchipsan dspamblueyonder.co.uk>
>> writes
>> >Thanks to all who gave me advise.
>> >
>> >I have isolated the problem to a dodgy extension.
>> >
>> >I now have a 15m extension lead running witha filter at the end into
>which
>> >the modem plugs.
>> >
>> Glad you have now found the problem.
>>
>> >On my laptop , the modem connects everytime , however , on my friend PC ,
>I
>> >receive a Port is already open error 0633 and have to unplug from USb and
>> >plug in a again.
>> >
>> >I then receive NO Dial Tone erroor 680 and have to unplug the lead form
>back
>> >of modem and plug in again. I can then connect.
>>
>> No idea why it's doing that but does it work if you disable wait for a
>> dial tone in the settings.
>> >
>> >Any cluse to this latets issue. he is using Windows 98 SE
>>
>> Time for an O/S upgrade? I have finally given up on W98, upgraded PC
>> last week and was not sorry to see W98 go. I used to triple boot, now
>> down to dual boot (XP/Linux). Win98 was OK-ish but it has had it's day,
>> no chance of him upgrading?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul
>
>Upgrade has been discussed , but he has some specialised software for his PC
>that wont work under win ME upwards. This software also needs internet
>access so thats a non starter.
>
The easy option then must be to dump the modem and buy a cheap router,
Ebuyer do a 1 port one for 30ukp or a 4 port for 35ukp. The built in
firewall on those would be useful to help keep w98 safe as well.

Sorry can't be of more help.
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Paul