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I got a Win98 P11 128MB Dell laptop and have just gone with tiscali broadband. I loaded up the new modem drivers OK and can connect out on the net (have my 2 little PC's bottom right of screen), emails eventually OK. But - in IE I never get a page displayed at all. I tried netscape 7 but same problem. Page just never loads, eventually get a timed out error message. Tried calling tiscali helpdesk at 50p a minute, but they didn't know. Not sure what else to try. (With 56K modem, pages load fine.)
First I would check the proxy settings in Internet options. Also is there any firewall or Norton product running on that PC?
You might also want to check the IP configuration - is it set for DHCP or static IP?
OK I will check those and get back to you. I'm not quite sure what it is I am looking for, but will let you know. By the way, I did uninstall all anti-virus software first.
Cee-bee (I think) means check all this 'ollocks ...tiscali help - HOW TO CHECK YOUR BROADBAND SETTINGS IN WINDOWS XP
You're a mind reader.. scary! brrrrr..Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
Well I checked all that guys but it's Win98 not XP. Have reinstalled the modem (Sagem F@st800), and I still have the same problem. I can connect OK, send/receive emails etc but no web pages are displayed in either IE or netscape...
toasted winsock I bet... try this
I have failure to read previous posts properly syndrome ! It must have been the strain of reading Cee-Bee's mind ;) ... he is a long way away after all ! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pluto
There's another page for 98 ;)
I dunno whether your socks are cooked or not though ! That NooNoo 'bird' has a disturbing habit with inspired guesswork :eek2: https://forums.windrivers.com/
Awww, ain't she sweet !? :D ... however I'd save your blushes until you are/are not proved 'infuriatingly right' once again, I may have to undergo a personality transplant & be taking the piss yet ! ;) :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
The other thing that springs to mind is bindings, especially as we have an existing modem which works present, maybe TCP/IP (or an instance of it) is bound to the wrong protocols or not all the right ones at least ?
Clear all this lot ! (note how there are multiple instances of tcp/ip - one is bound to the dial-up adapter & another to the NIC !)
http://www.wown.info/j_helmig/gifs/w98tcpn1.gif
I'd try removing all the protocols, clients & services from your connections properties & then manually add the ones that should show on that Tiscali help page (presumming you did find the 98 one!?) & see if that does it, then go back & fix the dialup later (adding its protocols etc).
Click the LAN Settings button in Tools - Internet Options - Connections and make sure that nothing is checked.
The only network protocol needed for Windows XP broadband is Internet Protocol(TCP/IP).
Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips (Also a Windows XP user)
Hello Frank (or his mate)! Would you be so kind as to remove your 'advert' from the bottom of every reply you make ? We try & run an 'ad free' world here ...Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainSpeleo
& btw the protocol you use would of course depend on the protocols used at the providers end, perhaps you can add that to your tip & tricks ! :eek2:
I didn't know that having a link to my site was a problem because I've done it in all the other forums that I'm a member of.
My connection tips only apply to 56K dial-up, so my previous comment wouldn't apply.
By all means add it to your 'sig' (use user cp) ... just make it clear its 'your own' site, we get folks (& this ain't aimed at you) who make replies just to generate traffic...Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainSpeleo
I 'pick-ed' on you as you were 'new' & I coincidently posted on two threads you'd answered, I can see you are being 'helpful' in a non comercial way .. so that's ok ! :) ... apologies for any 'offence'.
Thanks for all your replies - didn't get a chance last night to look at it again - also out tonight but will try as soon as I can. Many thanks once again. It's a bit of a puzzle ain't it?
No offense taken. Just making sure I wasn't "stirring up the pot". Have a good holiday weekend.
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Originally Posted by CaptainSpeleo
Well - I have tried all those suggestions and installed IE5.5 but still having the same error. The actual connection is fine it's just IE or Netscape not displaying any darn pages, getting time out message. Am I missing something obvious???
Can you ping whatever tiscalis home page is ?
Quite often with these braodband johny's you have to hit some 'verification' page & fill in 'stuff' there, before it'll let you loose on the world ... otherwise their dns server don't want to play with you ! :D (I ain't sure of the tiscali proceedure, but is 'usual' with many others).
You will of course have noted by now that 'service wise' tiscali are pants, because of course you should be able to ask them all this for free, until at least YOU break it rather than their setup 'stuff' being pooh ... ;)
Ed - Tiscali broadband is something my Father is looking at getting, you know, him of the "I turned off the AV because it was blocking my emails"
Are they bad enough to cause me headaches?
How do I find out tiscali IP?
Does it not tell you on those help instructions ? 98 instructions this time ! :D ... Nope it don't ! :rolleyes: (what's this dial 0.38 business ? mmmm ! modems using x25 calls!! crickey ...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pluto
dns ip is here @tiscali help right at the end(all this 'pooh' should be written down for you in some 'destructions' :rolleyes: )
To Noo: If you hate him let him get it ! :grin: & then refer him to the help line when it breaks or won't work .... when that does him no good, point out it was his choice, but as he's 'family' you'll only charge him £15 an hour plus petrol & unlimited tea :D, which is half their rate @50p a minute ! :devil:
Mu-ha-ha-ha-ha!!
No seriously anyone I know who has tried it has canceled, even when you eventually get it going (I've had a few 'adventures' with that) it's never on !!!! ... 'cannot display page ... dns error' !!!! :rolleyes:
Well I just cannot view anything - only if I wait 10 minutes will a page load!!! And then often the images don't! Tiscali helpdesk don't have any answers - I'm beginning to think I should send the broadband modem back! (Actually I know the modem's OK cos I tested it on another laptop). Something in that machine is doing my head in ... .. .. .. .. ..
He went with BT Yahoo in the end, didn't want to lose his email address and then there is the great issue of BT blaming supplier, blaming BT.
Sounds like something is uber screwed Pluto.
No it's still not going anywhere. I think I'll just committ myself. Maybe I should re-format and start again??
Well normally this is considered 'defeatist' by many here ;) ... but we've tried pretty much everything else .... at least this way the worst that can happen is we have a shinny new install that won't work with tiscali :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pluto
Something wrong with the DNS server? (or a setting like that)
OK I just been in broadband hell.
512k adsl ok? plug it and go?
smoking upload, 256 but the download? 4, yes 4, not even as good as dialup in these parts.
Booked a call with BT, went through it all with Matridom, and then after some 7 hours of mucking around - just for s&g's I plugged it into the master socket (which is under the stairs behind a panel you have to unscrew from the wall....) and lo and behold, boom up it came wonderous it was, the full broadband experience.
Moral, try a different phone socket.
Um ... only got the one phone socket!
Self install?
Have you fitted the correct filters on the phone line?
What type of modem usb?
Open a dos window type IPCONFIG /ALL and post back what it says.