05-29-2006, 03:21 PM
Dear fellow-lurkers,
I have a computer related problem, and because for me the lounge is the place with most people that know a lot about computers that I know of I thought, lets ask my question here.
Since a month I'm living in Italy for work, and to keep in contact a bit easier with people back home I wante to get adsl (to use things like skype and msn mainly, but also for general internetting).
So I got adsl, I received the modem, and also the message that stuff was activated. (I use internet at work so I can receive email about these things), but as you understand it doesn't work.
The strange thing is that msn and skype work, several (a few) webpages work.....but most webpages (like lurkerlounge.com and blizzard.com for example) don't work. Also when I want to send or receive files with msn the downloading (if at all) is incredibly slow.....much slower then when using a simple telephone connection.
I tried switching of the firewall but this doesn't help. I tried both IE and firefox, but I have to say that the computer (without changing anything) used to work on the network of my old university without any problems....so I think the problem is the adsl modem, of course I filled in everything like was written in the booklet....but there are many more options...where they don't talk about...and I don't know what they mean.
Anyway, my question (before calling the helpdesk which I have to do in Italian....and talking about computerthings is tricky) is 'does anybody of you know why something like this happens, and what I might do to change it.' (the modem is a utstarcom adsl2+ ut-300r2u by the way)
If I know what is the problem, i can tell it directly when I call the helpdesk....I have the feeling that otherwise it can be a very long phonecall without answer.
Any help is appreciated. I cannot wait to have internet at home, so I can finally have some nice discussions about politics on the lounge again....
greetings, and thanks in advance
eppie.
ps, the food is great though over here :D
I have a computer related problem, and because for me the lounge is the place with most people that know a lot about computers that I know of I thought, lets ask my question here.
Since a month I'm living in Italy for work, and to keep in contact a bit easier with people back home I wante to get adsl (to use things like skype and msn mainly, but also for general internetting).
So I got adsl, I received the modem, and also the message that stuff was activated. (I use internet at work so I can receive email about these things), but as you understand it doesn't work.
The strange thing is that msn and skype work, several (a few) webpages work.....but most webpages (like lurkerlounge.com and blizzard.com for example) don't work. Also when I want to send or receive files with msn the downloading (if at all) is incredibly slow.....much slower then when using a simple telephone connection.
I tried switching of the firewall but this doesn't help. I tried both IE and firefox, but I have to say that the computer (without changing anything) used to work on the network of my old university without any problems....so I think the problem is the adsl modem, of course I filled in everything like was written in the booklet....but there are many more options...where they don't talk about...and I don't know what they mean.
Anyway, my question (before calling the helpdesk which I have to do in Italian....and talking about computerthings is tricky) is 'does anybody of you know why something like this happens, and what I might do to change it.' (the modem is a utstarcom adsl2+ ut-300r2u by the way)
If I know what is the problem, i can tell it directly when I call the helpdesk....I have the feeling that otherwise it can be a very long phonecall without answer.
Any help is appreciated. I cannot wait to have internet at home, so I can finally have some nice discussions about politics on the lounge again....
greetings, and thanks in advance
eppie.
ps, the food is great though over here :D