Using
More Than One Modem at a TimeSeeing Servers
Your Are Connected To When OnLineBacking Up
Your ISP SettingsForcing Alpha-Numeric
PasswordsSpeeding
Up Internet SearchesAuto-Dial
Internet Connections (Win98)Opening the
Make New Connection Dialog BoxHelp Stop
Modem DisconnectsSpeeding
Up Your Modem's DialingShowing
Your Actual Modem's Connection Speedincreasing
Modem PerformanceTo Find
Your IP AddressUsing UNC
Network Names with FilesChanging
the Number of Rings Before Dial-Up Server AnswersResetting
Forgotten Dial-Up Server PasswordMonitoring
Your Dial-Up ConnectionFixing
a problem with Shortcuts that keep network UNC connectionsStarting
a Dial-Up Connection from the Command LineDevice Contention
when trying to use a ModemUnable to
Browse the NetworkAuto-Dialing
for 32-bit Internet ApplicationsChanging
your Modem's Initialization StringIncreasing
the Modem TimeoutPotential
problems leaving 16-bit winsock.dll's Go
to TopIf you have two phone lines in your home and want to use them both to dial out,
you can use MultiLink, which will effectively double your connection speed.
Create a dial-up connection like your normally would.
Right click on the icon and select Properties
Click on the Multilink tab
Click on Use additional devices
Click on the Add
Click on the other modem you would like to use
If your ISP allows, you can use the same phone number, otherwise enter
an additional phone number to dial.
You should now connect with both modems.
You can confirm this by opening up your dial up connection in the System
Tray after you connect.
Simply run Netstat
Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ RemoteAccess
Select Registry / Export Registry
Make sure Selected branch is checked
For the name, enter any name that will help you remember the purpose of
the .reg file
Now if you need to restore your ISP settings after a new installation
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Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion
\ Policies \ Network
Create a DWORD entry called AlphanumPwds
Give it a value of 1
In order to eliminate this query, you can simply add the IP address and web name into the HOSTS file in the Windows directory.
To find the IP address, just PING the web name (ping www.microsoft.com)
For example, Microsoft would be:
207.46.130.149 www.microsoft.com #.url
You can do this for all the sites you regularly visit.
Open up the Dial Up Networking box
Click on Connections / Settings
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Open up the Control Panel
Double click on the Modem icon
Click on Properties / Connection / Advanced
In the Extra Settings, enter S10=10
This will enable the modem to stay connected without a carrier for up
to 10 seconds.
Open up the Control Panel
Double click on the Modem icon
Click on Properties / Connection / Advanced
In the Extra Settings enter S11=x , where x is how many milliseconds each
tone sounds. Try S11 = 1, then dial, you'll be surprised.
So see your actual modem speed:
Go
Control Panel
Open up the Modems icon
Click Properties
Click on the Connection tab
Click the Advanced button
In the Extr Settings, put ATW2L0 (the last character is a zero) Go
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Disable compression on your modem
In SYSTEM.INI under 386enh section put in: COMxBUFFER=1024 (x is your
modem port number )
Add AT%C0 (that's a zero),to the extra settings line of your modem's properties.
Switch errror correction off
Open Explorer
In the Windows folder find the file WINIPCFG.
Drag a shortcut onto your screen.
Now when you are online you can double click the shortcut to see your
IP address and other data.
But you can even use UNC-style network names.
Example:
DIR \\server\share1\dir1
will give you all files on the computer named "server", in the
share named "share1" and in the directory "dir1".
This
does not work with CD, but it will work with MD, RD, DIR, COPY, MOVE,
REN, and so on.
I use this in combination with a batch file to copy files to a number
of computers on a network
Find the INF file for the modem in the \WINDOWS\INF directory. The filename
will begin with "mdm" and end with characters desciptive of
the manufacturer, ie. "supra" for Supra Express modem.
Make a copy of this file.
Edit this file with notepad and look for a string "HKR, Answer, 1,,
"ATA<cr>".
Change to HKR, Answer, 1,, "None".
A few lines up from this should be the line HKR, Monitor, 1,, "ATS0=0<cr>"
Change the value of the S0 register to the number of rings you would like
to have the modem answer on.
Remove the modem by using the Control panel | System | Device Manager.
Reinstall the modem using the REFRESH Button.
This should install the modem using the updated INF file. Go
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simply delete (or rename) the RNA.PWL file in the WINDOWS directory
You either net OEM SR2 or the ISDN Accelerator Pack 1.1 installed
Make
sure SYSMON is installed. You can add this through the Control Panel /
Add New Programs
Run SYSMON
Select Edit / Add Item
Click on Dial-Up Networking Adapter
Select CRC Errors
Click on OK
If you have lots of CRC errors, either the phone lines or your modem is
having problems.
You can also add Framing Errors and Timeout Errors if you are still having problems and your phone line appears ok
The reasoning that if the drive letter gets reassigned or deleted, the UNC connection will serve as an additional way to ensure that the application is available.
This can also be a problem because when you want to re-assign the drive to a new server, it will still make the connection to the old one through the UNC
To disable this feature, there is a program called SHORTCUT.EXE in the
Admin / Apptools / Envvars directory.
Execute the program with a -? to see a description of the available switches. Go
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do things like dial, start your e-mail and web browser.
The
syntax is:
rundll rnaui.dll,RnaDial connectoid
Note: The RnaDial and connectoid components of the command line are case sensitive
Another
program is using the selected Telephony device. Try again after the other
program completes.
or
Cannot initialize port
The
state of Windows 95 device contention is determined by the value for the
"COM n AutoAssign=x"
setting in the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file,
where n is the number of the serial port and x is a value from -1 to 1000.
The
default setting in Windows 95 is -1. This setting causes Windows 95 to
not release a serial port previously used
by a non-Windows-based program.
If
you need hot-swapping capability between an MS-DOS-based communications
program and a Windows-based communication program,
add the following entry to the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file:
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Try the following steps to solve the problem.
Start REGEDIT
Go to Hkey_Local_Machine \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current_version
\ Network \ Real mode net
Delete the line that says AUTOLOGON=0
Save the changes and reboot the system
Windows 95 Dialer, here is a way I found to enable this feature.
First, bring up an internet application such as Netscape or Internet
Explorer.
Next, manually dial into your internet provider by double-clicking your
connection icon.
Once connected, go to the Control Panel and double-click on the Internet
icon.
Once the window open, uncheck the checkbox titled "Dial whenever
an Internet Connection is needed".
Click the check box again and make sure there is a check in the checkbox.
Next, click the APPLY button.
Finally , click the OK button.
Once you do this, close your internet application and disconnect from
your internet provider.
Re-start your Internet application and the Windows 95 dialer should start
up.
NOTE: From my experience, all Internet applications will be effected and
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Class \ Modem \ 0000 \ Init
Change the settings to the values for your modem
you might try increasing the timeout period.
To change it:
Start
Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet / Services / Class
/ Modem / XXXX / Settings
Where XXXX is the number of your modem
Move to the right panel and double click on Inactivity Timeout
The number of minutes for a timeout should be entered between the brackets.
For example, a US Robotics Sportster could have S19=<30> to set
it to 30 minutes.
to work under Win95, make sure you delete any old 16-bit winsock.dll's.
If
this file is in the directory were the application resides, it could
cause problems. Programs that could have problems like this are:
Ewan.exe
(Telnet app)
WSIRC.exe (IRC app)
WSGopher.exe (Gopher app)
NX.Exe (NewsXpress)
Netscape v.1.0
We found that if the software listed above is in the same directory as
the
Trumpet Winsock.dll file, then they will NOT work under the MS-TCP/IP
stack.
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