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| Thread ID: 83634 | 2007-10-08 01:15:00 | ADSL connection question | Mercury (1316) | Press F1 |
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| 599150 | 2007-10-08 01:15:00 | This may appear really dumb but modems are portable so this hit me by surprise . A friend had connection problems with his new ADSL connection and router . As part of the checking I took round my router and laptop to troubleshoot the connection itself . Hey, we've both got ADSL lines, even if our ISPs are different so mine should work there . Right? Wrong! Slingshot told me that ADSL accounts are tied to the telephone number . Is this correct? Incidentally, the problem turned out to be two-fold . Username and also a conflict with network cards . |
Mercury (1316) | ||
| 599151 | 2007-10-08 01:46:00 | Pretty sure you'd have to use his account settings to set up a connection on your computer stuff at his place. | Greg (193) | ||
| 599152 | 2007-10-08 01:48:00 | If your friend has his phone line provided by a specific ISP then you will not be able to log in with another providers user/password. eg a Ihug username password wont work if your friend has phone by Orcon. | kevyalex (7334) | ||
| 599153 | 2007-10-08 01:57:00 | With my recent fun testing my ADSL, I borrowed a router off a friend, it still had a business paradise ADSL connection still in the config, and it actually connected (albiet a little slower than my own connection with the same hardware) and I was able to surf the net. I didn't think it should work either, but there you go.... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 599154 | 2007-10-08 02:36:00 | My account is with Ihug, his with Slingshot . It had just never occured to me that an ADSL line is fixed to the ISP . It turned out the problem was username . Slingshot don't use "username" OR "username@slingshot . co . nz" BUT "username@jetbusters . co . nz" . They had already talked him through the configuration and missed picking this one up . And I've had a further text to say the D-link wireless dongle is still intermittent . As he, computer novice, installed it there could be problems . I'll probably end up reinstalling it . |
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