Re: Cable and dial up modem on same pc


"David Zeit" <davezeit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:47F5BEC8.832A3EB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Now that we have a high speed cable connection we do not need dial up.
But it might be nice to have back up. I can add a dial up but will there
be conflicts? The cable modem is always on. Now I put ELNK on the new pc
and maybe I have a problem. I figure we'd only use the dial up if the
high speed went down. Is there a way to set it up so ELNK couldn't
connect if the other one did? Or could you disable the cable modem and
use dial up should you want to.

Or should we drop ELNK and go to a Free ISP like Net Zero? But then the
same questions exists.... having a high speed cable connection and a
dial up on the same pc.Conflicts? Will it work?


OK, assuming you run windows, you need to visit broadbandreports and run their tweak test (under tools) and then you might have to run Doctor TCP as well.

As for having ELNK software on the same computer, that is a bad idea, as it might undo the tweaks you did from broadbandreports.

But there is a third option to consider. Dowload the ISO for puppy linux and burn that to a CDR, data, multisession. Then boot the CDR and click the "connect" icon. This will allow you to create a dial-up connection for dial-up use, in an Operating System that runs totally in RAM!!! (it boots from CDR and loads itself into RAM, never touching your hard drive, unless you tell it to) Perfect backup solution, as it doesn't change your Windows environment at all. And it includes a recent version of Seamonkey (like Firefox, almost identical) so you can import your favorites / bookmarks into that and browse the web, check your e-mail, etc, all you like, running OS and software in RAM. :)

But, I think eventually you will give up on the idea of having dial-up as a backup. It's so slow you won't even want to use it as a backup. :) -Dave

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