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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Sigh.

Fucking AOLers.

No, your goddamn modem isn't "on" your fucking NIC card.  Look at the back of your computer.  Unless you have some really fucked up weird piece of hardware, you should have 2 slots, 1 that has 2 phone jacks (that's the MODEM) and another that has something that looks like a bigger jack (RJ45 - that's the NIC).  Most likely you are using some cheap OEM system and the RJ45 jack will not be in a slot, but somewhere near the serial/paralell/onboard video ports (and I know you have onboard video).

Anyway, they are separate devices.

Now, Windows will install something called "Dial-Up Adapter" in your network adapters.  This is so programs written to use network cards, which is like 95% of all internet programs, can just pretend your modem is a slow NIC.

I think your best thing at this point is to utilize any recovery options (F10 usually) in your computers BIOS and reset back to when you bought it.

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