Re: Setting up a Wanadoo BB account manually?


"Nigel Cliffe" <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Neil Ross wrote:
A friend has bought a new notebook PC and has asked me to transfer
some data across and set it up for him. No problems until I come to
set up his Wanadoo broadband account.

He has a USB SpeedTouch 330 modem on the old system working just
fine, but has no drivers or set-up CD.

His old OS is Win XP
New OS Windows Vista Home*

*my FIRST introduction to Vista!

Vista didn't recognise the SpeedTouch 330 but I've tracked down a
driver and installed it. The modem now syncs (both lights on modem
showing green).
Problem is - where do I (or how do I go about) setting up his account
(username/password). He does know his Wanadoo username and password,
so how can I go about setting it up manually - any
advice/website/instructions?


Suggestion: ditch the USB modem and buy a £25 wired router, or a £30-35
wireless one. PC World have such devices if wanted in a hurry, though
usually a tenner more than online sources.

The new PC will (almost always) have an ethernet port, so you won't need
any drivers or similar. The router will act as a basic firewall, doing
address translation and port blocking, so the PC will be more secure. It
avoids having to do stuff with the dialup networking in windows.

Setup should be simple, I doubt its much more than entering the username,
password and possibly the address of Wanadoo's DNS servers.




- Nigel


--
Nigel Cliffe


You don't need to go out and buy a router, the USB modem will work fine on a
computer that is a few years old.
The drivers for XP and Vista are available from the SAGEM site.
You can get a FREE firewall called Zone Alarm, the one thing a router can't
do is prevent "leakage" from a computer.
A router will not stop programs connecting "out" or others acting as a
"server" without permission.
Don't run out and spend more money on the advice of people that can't answer
your question only because they
know what settings to use on certain screens!


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