"Take a wild, friggin guess" wrote:
> Hey all-
> Tried getting online this morning (made about 20 tries over the
> span of 2 hours). Are there any folks in the group who can explain
> why I can't seem to get the right connection? The modem dials in,
> and it says I'm online, but under status details, it only says "184
> bytes received", and that's all I can get. No webpage comes up (I
> get a message saying "Cannot find server"). Is it coming from my
> end, or my ISP's? It's seriously beginning to piss me off. A lot.
> It's not like I get online all that often; I'd like to be able to
> friggin' connect when I get the opportunity to actually get online.
> Any ideas?
> I'm going to use the remainder (about 10 minutes) of my lunch break
> to read through some of the messages and make notes of which ones
> need replies. Since I'm on DSL now (at work), I'll be logging on
> whenever I get the chance to do so, in an effort to finish up what I
> tried to do this morning.
> So, once again, here we go...
>
> --JMH
My guess is that your modem is trying to negotiate to a higher speed,
and the wire is aaaaaaalmost good enough to support the connection. Try
manually setting your modem speed down a bit slower. Also listen to your
phone line quality. Pickup the handset, dial a number to shut off the dial
tone, and then listen. You should not be hearing any static, hissing,
faint
conversations from down the street, etc. IF you do, call the telco and
complain. Usually its water in a cable, or a beehive in a wiring
enclosure.
Next possibility is some sort of weird password thing with your ISP.
Go read the latest 'how do I connect and login' document from your ISP
and carefully check it against your settings. Things to watch for are
transposed letters, an extra space at the beginning or end of a login
name or password. or maybe instead of just your username in a field,
you have to fill in username_at_yourisp.com.
There are other things, but they get into PITA things that are beyond
my ability to diagnose by remote control. Call your ISP and work
with their help desk on your connection. With luck, you will get
someone who has a clue. Good luck.
--Dale
Received on Mon Nov 21 2005 - 11:12:53 CST