Dial-up-networking manager

Noxious Ninja · November 28th, 2003

I'm looking for a little app to automatically redial my internet connection if it gets dropped. Nothing fancy, that's the only function I need. Any suggestions?

bahamut_2006 · November 28th, 2003

You shouldn't need an extra app to do it. I have my connection set to redial if i get kicked.

Noxious Ninja · November 28th, 2003

Yeah, it works if somebody jerks the phone line out of the wall, but if my ISP disconnects me, it doesn't seem to work.

Not that I've ever witnessed it, but when I leave my PC on the net all night downloading stuff from Direct Connect, it quite often gets disconnected and never reconnects.

bahamut_2006 · November 28th, 2003

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Originally Posted by The Khan Artist

Yeah, it works if somebody jerks the phone line out of the wall

Lmao. It always redials for me. Only thing is I have to wait a minute before it automatically does it.

edit: I dont use Direct Connect, so I'm not familiar with it, but shouldn't it have some auto redial feature/option in there somewhere?

Noxious Ninja · November 28th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by bahamut_2006

edit: I dont use Direct Connect, so I'm not familiar with it, but shouldn't it have some auto redial feature/option in there somewhere?

Nope. I might have to put in a feature request if I can't find something.

Mad · November 28th, 2003

You can use Getright.
BUT, yoy have to dial from it, and then it will redial whenever you got kicked.

dpence · November 28th, 2003

what works best for me is MSN Messenger... messenger will automatically bring the box up and reconnect whenever I get bumped.

bahamut_2006 · November 29th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad

You can use Getright.
BUT, yoy have to dial from it, and then it will redial whenever you got kicked.

Come to think of it, I have used that before. Wonder why I didn't think of that.

Anyway yeah that should work.

**hushypushy** · November 29th, 2003

none of those solutions will work for him since he's using Direct Connect...

bahamut_2006 · November 29th, 2003

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Originally Posted by hushypushy

none of those solutions will work for him since he's using Direct Connect...

I got Direct Connect today and messed around with it. Anyway it seems that if you get kicked and it dials back up, it still wont resume the download. I had to force reconnect to the source I was getting the file from in order for it to continue downloading...which sucks. Why can't it auto-resume like eMule or Kazaa?

Mad · November 29th, 2003

Switch to EMule then......

bahamut_2006 · November 29th, 2003

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Originally Posted by Mad

Switch to EMule then......

I used eMule to get a 760 MB file. Big mistake. It took almost 2 weeks to finish due to the line and the crappy transfer rate. Even if DC doesn't resume downloads, it is far better to use.

**hushypushy** · November 29th, 2003

eMule is NOT good for single files. it is AWESOME for group files. if you incorrectly use it (to get one movie, for example) you will be pissed off.

however, try getting an entire season of some anime/show and you will be pleased. ive done it before and i got my average DL speed up to to the 40s. of course, trying to download 1 game brought it down to ~3 so....

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Noxious Ninja Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: teh intarweb Posts: 1,718	Dial-up-networking manager I'm looking for a little app to automatically redial my internet connection if it gets dropped. Nothing fancy, that's the only function I need. Any suggestions? __________________ 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

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Noxious Ninja Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: teh intarweb Posts: 1,718	Re: Dial-up-networking manager Yeah, it works if somebody jerks the phone line out of the wall, but if my ISP disconnects me, it doesn't seem to work. Not that I've ever witnessed it, but when I leave my PC on the net all night downloading stuff from Direct Connect, it quite often gets disconnected and never reconnects. __________________ 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

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Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,954	Re: Dial-up-networking manager You can use Getright. BUT, yoy have to dial from it, and then it will redial whenever you got kicked. __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek HD Audio ALC883] Baldurs Gate Dumps

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dpence Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,119	Re: Dial-up-networking manager what works best for me is MSN Messenger... messenger will automatically bring the box up and reconnect whenever I get bumped.

November 29th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: Dial-up-networking manager none of those solutions will work for him since he's using Direct Connect... __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

November 29th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,954	Re: Dial-up-networking manager Switch to EMule then...... __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek HD Audio ALC883] Baldurs Gate Dumps

November 29th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	Re: Dial-up-networking manager eMule is NOT good for single files. it is AWESOME for group files. if you incorrectly use it (to get one movie, for example) you will be pissed off. however, try getting an entire season of some anime/show and you will be pleased. ive done it before and i got my average DL speed up to to the 40s. of course, trying to download 1 game brought it down to ~3 so.... __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

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