adsl auto dial.

[Guest jay_con]

Anyone know how to get my adsl to dial when I click on the desktop icon rather than selecting connect. Ie auot dial.

 

Perhaps it aint possible?

[chesters1]

maybe (and i havent programed anything since 1984) if you "directed" the icon to the "connect" dooda it would work ,theres a direction dooda in the icons properties ,the "target" bit

[zenith10]

i suppose you could direct a hotkey to do it but then you would still have to wait other than that i dont know

[hoppy]

Try this @SUMMER@ ....When you are connected, like you are now reading this post, go to the top of this page and click on.....

TOOLS...then in the drop down menu, click on.....

INTERNET OPTIONS...then click on

CONNECTIONS...you will see 3 small circles and options on the left side, like this

O never dial a connection

O dial whenever a network connection is not present

O always dial my default connection (this is the one you should select)

Then click on... APPLY

 

that should be it thats what I do and works for me,by the way, Im using MS XP system

 

cheers hoppy :cool:

 

[ 29. August 2005, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: hoppy ]

[ljk]

@SUMMER@:

Anyone know how to get my adsl to dial when I click on the desktop icon rather than selecting connect. Ie auot dial.

 

Perhaps it aint possible?

May be being dim here,

 

but isn't ADSL an 'always on' broadband connection.

 

You shouldn't have to dial in at all:

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/howitworks/

 

If your browser and mail progs are set right opening them should give you instant contact?

 

Len

[Guest jay_con]

Ive always had to click on the icon then tell it to connect.

[ljk]

@SUMMER@:

Ive always had to click on the icon then tell it to connect.

Well I suppose you could always check with your ISP and see what they say -

 

I have a 510 Speedtouch Router that I've never switched off, with three machines hooked up to it I suppose we have a mini network and as I said the access is always there - just have to open the browser...

 

Len

[Si...]

ljk:

May be being dim here,

 

but isn't ADSL an 'always on' broadband connection.

 

You shouldn't have to dial in at all:

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/howitworks/

 

If your browser and mail progs are set right opening them should give you instant contact?

 

Len

Doesn`t always work like that, if the auto-installer from the ISP didn`t set it up correctly, or if you manually set it up, then it will do that

[ljk]

quote:

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Originally posted by Si...:

Doesn`t always work like that, if the auto-installer from the ISP didn`t set it up correctly, or if you manually set it up, then it will do that

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That's true - so it would be worth checking with the ISP then?

 

Len

 

[ 31. August 2005, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: ljk ]

[Dan]

hoppy:

Try this @SUMMER@ ....When you are connected, like you are now reading this post, go to the top of this page and click on.....

TOOLS...then in the drop down menu, click on.....

INTERNET OPTIONS...then click on  

CONNECTIONS...you will see 3 small circles and options on the left side, like this

O  never dial a connection

O  dial whenever a network connection is not present

O  always dial my default connection (this is the one you should select)

Then click on... APPLY

 

that should be it thats what I do and works for me,by the way, Im using MS XP system

 

cheers hoppy    :cool:  

Ive got the same prob, not that its much of a prob but that fix didnt work, I still have to connect to BT broadband.

 

dan