CA>>> I'm not having _that_ problem. I connect a proper speeds I
CA>>> meant the authentication 'connect' to the Internet isn't
CA>>> happening.

ml>> then they may be having problems connecting to their radius
ml>> authentication server... i've seen some very wierd setups
ml>> and all it takes is for one thing to get out of whack...

 CA> I sympathesize with their difficulties but this is not
 CA> something new and they could ask for help rather than
 CA> experiment and then insist their setup is correct and _my_
 CA> setup needs fixing. :-\

know that feeling...

 CA> I've been online now longer than some of them are years old
 CA> and they think they can tell _me_ how this should be done.

and that one, too! >

CA>>> I don't have the USR BBS number but they were sold to
CA>>> 3COM, you might want to try a search on '3COM'?

ml>> 3COM let them go back on their own... they are USR once
ml>> again ((GG))

ml>> http://www.usr.com

 CA> I recall 3COM immediately announced they thought there was no
 CA> future in selling modems anymore which made me wonder why they
 CA> bought out USR if that was their opinion.

to "assist" in shutting down the dialup market and get everyone
to move to broadband stuff...

CA>>> This is all I could find that might be of interest to you?

ml>> yes and no... doesn't do me any good to try to test over
ml>> the current internet link as it is only connecting at 28k8
ml>> or so and not climbing higher like can be done... my telco
ml>> has fubar'd my lines... i'm positive of it... i just have
ml>> to get on their arses about it and get them to do something
ml>> about it...

 CA> I would consider having a second line added then forcing them
 CA> to get that one working properly. After a week or two of
 CA> testing I would then tell them to kill the first line. :-)

hehehe, i've 4 physical lines in here now! at one time in the last (very)
few years, had 9 (!) phone numbers... some were landline, others were
cell... and then there were the remote call forwarding ones that forwarded
to the main bbs numbers... kinda like a TIE line from the "old
days" but much less expensive... before that, i was running 10+
landlines plus the additional numbers... can't say that i want it back but
then again...

)\/(ark