"Can't locate page" message. I need some help on this

[g4graham]

Copy/Paste from posting in "General Hdw":

Just got this up and running last night. Asus K7M, Athlon 600, 128RAM, WD 6.4 7200rpm, Annihilator MX, NEW DE NIC card, USR/3COM 56K V90 INT ISA (a leftover), and Mindows ME with Internet sharing installed but not yet setup.

When I connect to my ISP with IE 5.05, I keep getting "can't locate server" messages. User name and Pass are verified and I am logged on. Every few tries I can connect but then I can't go anywhere else just keep getting same message. IE 5.05 seems to be going real slow, much slower than my former Pentium 60 with the same modem. I pinged the server and all 4 packets were returned. ISP's Tech support isn't sure. Have made many IE 5.05 setting, DNS server, & driver changes with no results. My son's computer, upstairs, does not have this problem (Asus P5A, 233mmx, 128 RAM, CL Banshee, Win modem 56K, Windows 98 SE)and we are on the same ISP account and phone line.

I have DSL ordered and it's going in sometime soon. So I really don't want to get a new modem. Maybe a Win Modem as they are only few $$$.

Any ideas out there? Did I miss something in BIOS setup?
Does IE5.05 time out? If so, How to adjust?

 

[Damaged]

The modem isn't sharing it's IRQs with anything is it? I would think not, because that usually results in disconnecting you.

Anyways, open IE and then Tools->Internet Options->Connections->LAN Settings. Uncheck Automatically detect settings. Make sure there's no proxy settings enabled there either.

In the Network Control Panel: Dial Up Adaptor->Properties->Advanced->IP Packet size. Either Automatic or Small here.

In Dial Up Networking folder select your connection, Properties. Make sure that the line speed is either 57600 or 115200. Also check out the sliders for the buffer settings. I usually keep both all the way up. Also, I would try unchecking any compression settings. You can play around various combos there. There's two places to set it. Play with both.

Finally, any line splitters, jack adaptors, or surge protection devices b/w you and the wall jack? If so remove them and just jack right into the wall jack.

Have fun!

 

[Cnuke]

I had this same problem not long ago,

The only way I was able to fix was to blow away IP stack and rebuilt. Should not take you long.

God Luck

 

[g4graham]

Damaged:
Played with most of these last night with ISP TS but, will look at them again.

CNuke:
How do you "blow away IP stack and rebuilt"???????

 

[Damaged]

Commonly referred to as R&R, or rip and reinstall.

Network Control Panel, Properties, then blow away TCP/IP, and the dial up adaptor. In that order.

That's the easy way. Don't ask about the hard way.

 

[g4graham]

blargybarg, in general hd got it: I tried removing the Internet sharing in network / configuration and it worked. I'm running at top speed, the way it is supposed to be.

So I'm leaving it alone. Don't fix it if it ain't broke.

Thanks for all the input