Sol

First, take the time to laugh at my ass for still having dialup.

Anyway. My comp used to connect at around 48 kbps [before harddrive failure.]

With XP reloaded and everything, and modem drivers reinstalled, it now caps at 28 kpbs. Constantly. I know it's an issue with my computer and not the phone lines as the fried comp I'm using right now connected at 37 kbps.


Question is this... doesn't the 28 cap mean there's a conflict? Like, AOL is trying to use the wrong modem or whatever.

[Yes, I am fully aware AOL is complete garbage, but I don't have a choice.]

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>try changing the access number you dial in to

Tried multiple ones. My first thought was that I was simply dialing an access number that was too far away physically to get a decent connection. I've gone through over ten access numbers multiple times; I keep getting the same speed: 28.8.

Checked how AOL viewed the modem, and checked the speed it was trying to send; both were normal. And for future reference, the modem is a V.92.


As I said earlier, though, it turns out that the problem isn't with the modem, it's with the NIC card [...I thought it was the same thing? As in, isn't the modem ON the NIC card?]


Bottom line is that my computer can identify and use the modem, but it can't find the NIC card. The "network adapters" category won't even show up in device manager. Something involving the word ethernet shows up in the "other" category [the NIC card] but doesn't know what it is.

tl;dr: I need to find the driver for my NIC card. That should fix it.