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dmuk
(member) Wed 19-Dec-07 20:04:14

Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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Just by plugging a 56k modem into

Can I configure it so that IE uses the dial up and firefox the broadband?

Can I also configure it so that any P2P connections use the broadband?

Thanks

ian72
(fountain of knowledge) Wed 19-Dec-07 20:12:14

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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Both IE and firefox will attempt to use the "best" connection automatically. You can make ie dial the connection but it will use the fastest ip path available (and that should be the broadband).

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(deleted) Thu 20-Dec-07 11:51:04

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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If you keep the dialup and broadband separate on different computers they will both work fine on the one line.

yarwell
(sensei) Thu 20-Dec-07 21:26:00

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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in my experience if you dial up on a broadband connected PC the traffic goes out the dialup line.

I ran up a large bill by doing this remotely on a PC and then I couldn't disconnect remotely !

Phil

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ian72
(fountain of knowledge) Fri 21-Dec-07 07:46:29

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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That's down to windows being poor at selecting the best route. However, what you can't do easily is choose which applications use which connection.

deleted
(deleted) Fri 21-Dec-07 10:18:09

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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I've done that using my new comp for BB and my old one for dial up.

Does Vista accept the drivers for an old dial up modem, I know that XP does ?

Edited by deleted (Fri 21-Dec-07 10:19:11)

deleted
(deleted) Fri 21-Dec-07 14:56:51

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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In reply to:
Does Vista accept the drivers for an old dial up modem, I know that XP does ?

My Vista-based laptop certainly has Vista drivers for its built-in analogue modem, if that's what you mean.

deleted
(deleted) Fri 21-Dec-07 16:12:08

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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Well my friend has bought an Acer Vista desktop and I was going to give them an external 56k modem to use as they only have dialup on their old comp at the moment so want to use dialup on their new one until they get BB.

deleted
(deleted) Fri 21-Dec-07 16:41:02

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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An external modem will be supported without any special drivers.
As long as the desktop has a working serial port, that is.

andy88
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Fri 21-Dec-07 16:49:55

Re: Can I use dial up and adsl at the same time?

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Any special reason you want to support dialup AND broadband ?
- as a backup, its not a problem
- for dialup to a Company (disconnect the broadband or ask for their VPN access point/method)

ANO reason ?

else just connect only the one you want to use at any one time.

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