Re: Connecting a user to AOL (anything I should know?!)

SteveH wrote:
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
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I know somebody who cannot get internet access.. AOL is their (I
presume broadband) ISP

I have heard stories of AOL users having special software..

So I suspect that it may not be as simple as connect(with NAT router
or via Windows with USB modem) and done, like with any other
broadband ISP.

Is it as simple as that? Or do they -force- the user to use their
software to connect?


No , you can use an ADSL router to connect to AOL (using PPoE) , then
the PC doesn't need any software at all.
That's how I've got the two PCs set up at my Dad's

Googling will tell you all you need to know

I'm trying to do this for a punter at the moment. I've done it
before, no problems, but this one is driving me mad.
They have sent her a (preconfigured I presume) router. I connect it
to the line and no DSL/Internet lights, I try another DSL router,
again no DSL internet lights, so I'm no presuming the DSL hasn't been
enabled on the line. Do you think I can get either AOL or BT to
confirm this? Can I f**k! And to make it worse this woman has an IT
IQ of about -10 and would be better off with a calculator and she has
an IMac, which I know nowt about. Grrrr!

SteveH

No dsl light usually equals no provision. Be sure that the filters are set
correctly, a classic to look out for are sky boxes, people often plug the
filter into the splitter, rather then the filter into the wall and the
splitter into the filter. Aol should be able to determine pretty quickly if
no signal is getting through at all.

In regards of the Imac, dont worry to much about them, OSX (i presume) is
pretty easy to work around, and once you find the right setting it shouldnt
be to different from XP.

Gaz


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