Some USB devices don't like substitutes at all.  Try connecting the modem to a native resident USB port instead of the add-on ports.  The PCI card may be sharing an IRQ with the modem (conflict), and may need to be removed unless you can force the modem to use another com port and IRQ during installation.  You used to be able to do that with Win 95 and Win 98, and maybe you still can.

-----Original Message-----
From: Venkat Viswanathan <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:48:20 -0500
Subject: [PCBUILD] internet connection


Hugh Vandervoort's post (clipped):--

<<<< '"> (6)ADSL modem connected to usb in ethernet card in pci slot"
What does this mean >>>>

oops, it does mean I am capable of typing something which even I do not
understand!!!

sorry, the fact that the win bond fast pci ethernet adapter kept on disablng
itself was playing in my mind for 3 days that i got into a typo!

the correct position is <<< (6)ADSL modem connected to 2 port usb adapter card
in a pci slot>>>

another point which I omitted in my earlier post:--

the device manager also shows a " wan miniport (pptp)" which also has a yellow
exclamation mark which unlike the "win bond..adapter" can not be uninstalled
because win xp says, without it the system will not boot.

finally I am quite ignorant about both hard/ software and just trying to get a
working knowledge.

thanks and good day---- Venkat


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