Help with Internet connection hanging

[SxRxRnRx]

I have been trying to find the cause of a problem I have been having with my internet connection. The problem is either during startup of a program like IE, or ICQ, which has Auto connect on, it will not automatically connect. Also, if I connect, I get only 257 bytes received and no matter what I do with IE, like open a new window or refresh the page, nothing will happen. Another problem is, when connected, my connection will just stop, like trying go to a new page in IE, it will just sit with 0 bytes received or sent? I have reinstalled modem drivers, dial up adapter, dial up networking, reconfigured my IRQ's to isolate my modem, reinstalled Windows and IE, ran Virus Scan, Defrag, Scan Disk, RegClean, and nothing works. I thought it was my internet provider/connection, but that was ruled out when I tried another computer on the same hardware and it worked without a hitch. All hardware worked on another system, so I suspect a software problem. Anyone have any ideas? What .exe controls the initial internet connection (runapp?), what would make the connection not respond to input in a browser or other application? Thanks for your input.

Here are my system Specs:

Asus K7V mobo
Athlon 750 Classic
768MB PC133 RAM
Geforce256
Diamond MX400 Sound
Fritz ISDN PCI Modem (64k)
Creative 52x Cd-rom
LG 32x CD-Writer
WD 30 GB HD 7200rpm
Maxtor 15 GB HD 5400rpm
(All with latest drivers)

WinME :-(
DirectX8
ISDN 64k Connection

 

[ScottMac]

You could have a bad cable...well, not really bad, just insufficient for the settings you're using. It sounds to me like a handshake problem. If it's an internal TA, then certainly not a cable, but the TA settings might need a tweak.

Find the value for handshake in your TA manual (hardware, XON/XOFF, CTS/RTS, DSR/DTR, ACK/NAK....gonna be something like that). Make sure the value you choose for the TA agrees with the value in your dial-up profile (I think Microsoft will only use dsr/dtr ("Hardware&quot or XON/XOFF ("Software&quot, or none. You could try setting both to NONE for diagnostics.

Verify that the TA profile selected matches your installed unit.

Good Luck

Scott