09. Ques. Can anyone out there with DSL through AOL
or on a Broadband Connection answer these questions?
Animated GIF Man answers:
mendelsing@aol.com (MendelSing)
<20020101125723.03662.00003189@mb-cg.aol.com> asked:
>
> Anyone out there with DSL through AOL able to answer these
> questions? I couldn't find the answers anywhere (if they are
> somewhere else, please tell me where, and sorry for bothering
> you!)
>
Keyword: Broadband Help
NOTE: This menu is located in a "FREE" (unlimited use) area of
AOL (which is not the same thing as being on unlimited service).
Don't roll your eyes like that! LOL...
What this means is that you can not be doing chat rooms, e-mail
or newsgroups when you access that area if on hourly payment plan.
To 'bookmark' this hyperlink from a newsgroup posting, you will
need to open you 'Favorite Places' folder, click on the word
'New', check the block for 'New Favorite Place', label it:
'Broadband Help' in the top block and enter:
aol://4344:3301.RCpathC.19596236.684932270
in the bottow window. Hit 'OK'. Now, when it is convenient
for you to check out this menu (when not chatting, doing news
or e-mailing any one), open your favorite places and launch it.
>
> 1. If the connection is "always on", are you always logged in?
>
NO. This 'always on' is a misnomer. You aren't always on(line).
You need to actually connect to your DSL provider (or AOL if you
are using AOL Broadband), but you *can* configure your DSL
connection to automatically launch (and log into) your connection
on Windows Launch, so, in theory, yes, you can be (almost)
'always on(line)' whenever your computer is running until or unless
you close the DSL connection.
>
> 2. Can you turn off the DSL modem and not have trouble when
> you turn it on again?
>
YES. (although there will be a slight delay when you turn it back
on at the power switch until the modem 'recognizes' the DSL
signal coming through it and one of the green lights stop 'flashing'
and turns solid (always on). This (usually) takes about a minute
or so to happen on switching the modem on.
>
> 3. Can you still dial in from a different location?
> (this is related to #1)
>
If you (also) have a regular modem in your computer, YES you
can be connected via your DSL broadband connection and dial
into AOL (or any other service provider #) at the same time and
run both connections at once.
If you are asking can you configure your Enternet (or other
software) for connecting over a broadband connection to more
that one high-speed provider? YES, you can. You configure
your DSL connections in much the same way as
Dial-Up Networking connection(s) are created. You can have
more that one high-speed connection configured, just as you can
have more than one DUN connection configured.
>
> 4. How is the speed? Upload and download?
>
This depends on who is providing your broadband connection.
I get my service through SBC Global Network (Ameritech DSL)
and get steady (constant) download speed of 768kbs, however,
uploads are limited (at least in my area) to 256kbs.
>
> And the big question of the day.....
> 5. Can you access the DSL from more than one PC in the
> same home? I was thinking of a peer-to-peer network
> (via phoneline network). Would still only have 1 user at a
> time, but could at least access the DSL from more than one PC.
> (networking cost of 2 PCs via phoneline is less than a second
> DSL modem)
>
> mendel
>
I've got conflicting opinions and answers (some more vague than
others) about whether this can be done (or not) from one DSL
modem. I've heard you can use one DSL modem, feeding the
DSL signal through a networking router and feed the signal out to
more than one computer that way (presumably for use at the
same time)? As long as BOTH computers aren't trying to log into
the DSL modem at the same time, you should be able to do as
you'd like to do with no problem. Try getting a Networking jack
"splitter" (one male end to plug into the modem with two female
slots on other end) to run two networking connection cords out to
the two different computers, each equipped with an Ethernet card
and the appropriate software installed. As long as both computers
aren't 'competing' for the signal at the same time, this
configuration *should* work fine. (I've also been told that this
sort of set-up with "Connection Sharing" will work for both at
the same time as well, but that total effective speed will be
split equally between the two computers).
I have to admit that I'm not completely sure my answer to this last
question is entirely accurate as I've never had occasion to try it.
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10. Ques: I sometimes see NG posts or member profiles
in color. How do they do that? I want mine to
look like that.
Animated GIF Man answers:
Colors are added to NG postings or AOL member profiles using
standardized HTML text color codes that are very easy to use on
the web or AOL. Here are three different links to try out:
Only the first one is an AOL-specific ARL (URL to an AOL area)
and the only way that costs any money. It's a 20-day trial
shareware program from the BPS Software Library
(well-known and respected developers of AOL add-ons).
Profile Artist for AOL
or Keyword:
aol://4344:1344.parthome.10162127.675530053
Color Your Profile
or Keyword:
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/money4y0u/color.htm?mtbrand=AOL_US
[ccc] AOL stuff - Change the background color of your AOL profile
or Keyword: http://www.cosmicat.com/aol/profile/background.htm
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