All right, I'm stumped . . . Internet connection works on laptop but . . .

[XMan]

. . . not on desktop? WTH? Same ISP, same phone line. All the network settings look to be the same. Could the ISP be having issues with my modem? It's a USR Sportser 56K, which I thought was the Ford Taurus of modems . . .

Anybody got any ideas? I'm tired of looking at this itty bitty screen.

 

[blargyblarg]

is this win98? go into dial up networking and dial up through there. what is the error message you get?

 

[XMan]

No error message, it just says "verifying user name and password" on the desktop, but never logs in. Ever since I moved in the desktop hasn't been able to connect to any ISP; I dialed long-distance to my old ISP, tried to hook up, tried my new one, even tried Microsoft's ISP finder, which didn't work . . .

 

[Yzzim]

This might be a last ditch effort, but do you have dirty lines? Contact the phone company and have them do a line test.

 

[ucdnam]

How about turning on the setting "bring up terminal window after connecting" so that you can type in your login/password manually and see what's happening? Do the same on the laptop, maybe it'll show something...

 

[XMan]

Phone company did a line test, said everything was fine. "We don't guarantee the quality of a data connection so long as your voice connection is noise-free. Your line is noise free. If you'd like, we can set you up with a DSL line."

Me: "I can't DSL where I live, otherwise I wouldn't be suffering with a modem."

Them: "Oh, well, you're screwed then." 😉

I got it working, somehow. Don't know how. Unplugged my modem from COM1 to COM2, then rebooted. It works fine now - I hooked up at 42666, a heck of a lot better than I ever got in Indiana.

 

[blargyblarg]

.

 

[Yzzim]

LOL, they said your line was "noise free"????!

What fruitcakes 🙂