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syntekz
02-18-2002, 06:47 PM
im finally surfing with a cable modem. took me a couple hours to set it up, but im finally here!
Big Show
02-18-2002, 06:55 PM
Welcome to the 21st century:p
Delphi
02-18-2002, 07:23 PM
You'll never go back. At work I have to use a dialup connection. It's slow crucifixion.
syntekz
02-18-2002, 09:06 PM
Yeah, there was so many things I wanted to download when I didn't have it. Can't think of anything now.

**Go figure**
Neil
02-18-2002, 09:31 PM
Get Morpheus and go nuts, thats what I did.
Delphi
02-18-2002, 09:41 PM
Originally posted by syntekz
Yeah, there was so many things I wanted to download when I didn't have it. Can't think of anything now.

**Go figure**


LOL

That's like me wanting a beer when I'm on call. When I'm off call, I could care less.

Nothing like trying to download a 20MB or 60MB file at dial-up speeds and having your connection time out because you didn't refresh any browser windows often enough.:mad:
syntekz
02-19-2002, 04:57 PM
I have a mouse that plugs into the USB port on my computer. My modem also can plug into the other USB port. I tried this, but it would freeze my mouse within minutes when I was using the internet. Any ideas?
Delphi
02-19-2002, 06:42 PM
I've seen that happen with serial devices with IRQ conflicts- like a mouse and modem sharing an IRQ. I thought the USB architecture eliminated all that noise.
Maki Riddington
02-19-2002, 08:53 PM
Originally posted by Delphi
You'll never go back. At work I have to use a dialup connection. It's slow crucifixion.

*** Hahaha.
Neil
02-19-2002, 09:01 PM
Do you have an ethernet card? If so see if you can use that instead of USB.
syntekz
02-19-2002, 09:19 PM
Originally posted by Neil
Do you have an ethernet card? If so see if you can use that instead of USB.


Ya I have one. That's what I'm using now. Just didn't know why I couldn't use the USB port as well...
mds_79
02-19-2002, 11:04 PM
Ya man once you go cable you can't go back!
Twiztid
02-19-2002, 11:07 PM
Yeah, Modems and Mice used to freeze on the com ports.

Com 1 and Com 3 would share resoruces, as would 2 and 4...

I also thought this would be eliminated with USB.. maybe it's just a fluke. Shutdown the machine and then plug in the devices and try it that way.

If not, try and plug the modem in while the machine is running and let it set up itself.. and see what happens.
syntekz
02-20-2002, 04:39 AM
I did all that. My modem is working fine now, I have it running through my Ethernet card. I was just curious if anyone had had the same problems with using the USB port...
Twiztid
02-20-2002, 06:13 AM
hrmm, interesting.

Well, anyways.. Welcome to the future my friend :)

I've had cable for almost 5 years now. I don't what i'd do with *ugh* dial-up! hehe