Re: ISP or computer?

Cyndi,

What you've described is a setup without a router, only a DSL modem. I can only
advocate getting a router and replacing the damned DSL modem (if it is USB only)
with a a DSL modem that supports Ethernet Category 5 connections. You may also
have to spend a few bucks on Ethernet cards for desktop and laptop, but the
tradeoff in reliability and performance is well worth it.

If you want to slog on without a router and continue using USB, connect the
laptop to DSL modem and contact the ISP for explicit instructions as to how to
set up the laptop for troublefree operation.

But you would be 1000% better off with a router and Ethernet connections.
USB-to-DSL is a last resort to be avoided.

You never did state which models of desktop and laptop computers you have there.
Older computers, even some of the early Pentium 4 ones, have the older, slower
and less reliable USB 1.1 hardware. A laptop with only USB 1.1, not USB 2.0,
could be an explanation of the DSL problem.

As a rule, when asking for help to troubleshoot a problem, it helps to post a
lot of information about the computer and network equipment on hand: model(s) of
computer(s), operating system(s), etc... Ben Myers

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 18:18:35 GMT, "Cyndi" <noonehome@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>1) 2Wire 1000
>
>2) No Cat 5, just the regular telephone hookup from the telephone line =
>to the DSL modem. Then the regular line from the modem to the USB port =
>on either since that is the cable we have and the way it was originally =
>set up.
>
>3) It was set up as USB since they originally sent the wrong modem and =
>then the right one used USB, not sure why now, it was quite a few years =
>ago.
>--=20
>Cyndi
><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message =
>news:42d55511.20804820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Let's just make sure here.
>>=20
>> 1. A telephone wire comes out of the wall someplace and connects to =
>the DSL
>> modem. What is the make/model of the DSL modem? Something like =
>Westell 2200,
>> for example.
>> 2. An 8-wire Category 5 Ethernet cable goes from the DSL modem to the =
>WAN port
>> on the router. What is the make/model of the router? Linksys =
>BEFSR41, for
>> example.
>> 3. Either the desktop or the laptop is connected to one of the other =
>ports on
>> the router with a Category 5 cable, right? How many ports does the =
>router have?
>>=20
>> If this does not describe the DSL setup you have, then please describe =
>it in
>> similar very elementary and detailed terms? We can go from there. =
>Other
>> possibilities include a DSL modem with built-in router capabilities =
>and multiple
>> ports for connecting Category 5 Ethernet. Also USB-to-DSL =
>connections, which
>> are to be avoided at almost any cost.
>>=20
>> I agree with another posting that the problem seems to relate to the =
>PPPoE
>> settings, presumably in the router... Ben Myers
>>=20
>> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:00:53 GMT, "Cyndi" <noonehome@xxxxxxxxxxx> =
>wrote:
>>=20
>> >I will call them. My router is not wi-fi set up.......it's a 2Wire =
>=3D
>> >router/modem........yes, the laptop does have wi-fi but we have =
>disabled =3D
>> >it for the time being seeing as how I have nothing wireless to be =
>able =3D
>> >to set up the WEP and other things properly.
>> >--=3D20
>> >Cyndi
>>

.

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