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Dial-Up Connectivity problems**

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Dhruv

Senior member
Hi,

i recently set up one of my old machines for someone: win 98SE, Zoom v.92 PCI modem, 166mhz Intel.

now when this was setup at my house, i didn't have any problems connecting to my ISP. Recently, i copied over my original Win98SE because i wanted to replace the system files and any perhaps corrupted files before i gave my computer to someone else. i did not do a fresh install, so all my dial up connectivity information was still intact.


When i shifted the computer to the other location, and tried connecting thru the same dial up connectivity it didn't work. i get a response from the modem, it seems to work fine, it dials the number, completes its connection with the isp's modem, then goes to verfiying password -it doesn't go beyond this stage. AT this point it starts to lag then after about 15-20 secs it disconnects, and the error box i get says:

"error 650

the computer you are dialing in to does not rspond to a network request. check your server type settings in the properties of the connection...."

Now, all i have enabled is software compressino, and server type is only TCP/IP i don't have any other server types nor do i have log on to network. i'm using a standard MS dial up adapter, Microsoft Family Logon, and everything else is set to default. I tried reseating the modem, tried creating a new dial up connection with the same information (the information is valid, I am connected to the same account as we speak on a different machine), tried reinstalling dial up connectivity thru windows, and dial up adapter as well. I was overclocked initially at 83 mhz bus, so i slowed it down back to 66 mhz bus so that my pci slot can work at the default 33 mhz. So its not an overclocking issue, not a modem issue, but rather some sort of software issue. I also tried reinstalling my Winsock dll's and .vxd files. i'm not postive if the reinstall i did on windows 98SE caused it, because i didn't try connecting to the itnernet right after install, but it seems that it was the the culprit as it was the only thing i changed on the machine.

i know a lot of ppl will just say reinstall win98SE, but i want to try to figure this one out manually. Any ideas that i can try???/


thanx
 
Have you installed the DUN (Dial Up Networking) upgrades from Microsoft's site? It's been a while since I've had to, thank goodness for broadband, but last time I looked they were at version 1.4. If that doesn't help try moving it back to your location or another location in their house to test it out. Is there any audible noise on the phone line you are hooking it up to? If so that may be the problem.
 
Well, the other option is a little DIY work although quite simple. Bear in mind that this may not help at all, but I guess it's worth a shot. Get a blowdryer and get it warm and direct the warm air around the phone jack. I can't remember exactly what this does but sometimes it resolves this sort of problem. Other than the ideas that I've come up with I'm not sure what else you could do. I suppose you could try different phone cords, although I doubt that is the problem.
 
strange idea.. but thanks.

that line has been used mainly for fax transmissions, so i would think a modem would work, as a fax is nothing more than a modem/scanner/printer, albeit a slow modem. i guess i'll try reinstalling windows if nothing else works. thanks though. 🙂
 
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