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Dullaway
02-06-2003, 03:52 PM
Greetings folks,

I have a single W2K machine with a small number of user accounts (family members) and a single ADSL account.

Each time a user logs on the ADSL link is re-established, then disconnected when they log-off. However, my ISP is a bit flaky and a connection is not always achieved.

Is it possible to have Windows establish a connection at start-up and retain this through several logon/off cycles?

Thanks in advance,
NJD
7ate9
02-07-2003, 01:40 AM
As far as I know, this cant be done. When going through a shutdown/logoff/restart, Windows shuts down all/most of its services to prepare for that. If its that important to you, you could invest in a cheap router. The router would maintain the connection 24x7, so you wouldn't have any reconnect issues.

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JakeHaze
02-07-2003, 07:15 AM
What authentication client are you using?
Dullaway
02-07-2003, 04:45 PM
Well, I'm not sure I can answer that clearly - I'm a novice at this.

I make the link to my ADSL ISP by using 'dial up' setting I created with the Wizard in the W2K Networking folder. Any authentication is done using standard Windows components - I've added none.

Apologies if that doesn't answer your question, but thanks for your help.

NJD
Dullaway
02-07-2003, 04:54 PM
Thanks. I've given serious thought to getting a router. It may well happen.

One question though: when ICS is enabled on a host, but no-one is logged in. Do the clients still get a connection? If so, how is that service implemented on the host machine?

Many thanks,
NJD.
JakeHaze
02-07-2003, 08:01 PM
OK, do any of these ring a bell? WinPoet, Enternet, or RASPPPOE?

Oh, and who is your ISP?
Dullaway
02-13-2003, 04:33 PM
Certainly rings a bell. I use PPPoA (as opposed to oE).

I'm with Pipex (in the UK)
auntieflorrie
02-13-2003, 05:31 PM
how is XP supposed to know that after one user logs off the next one that will be logging on is a user with enough rights for ras ? each user has got to authenticated and only allowed to do what their account allows them to.