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ADSL Troublshooting Guide - Pre-existing Connection Issues

If your computer was previously set up to dial up to the Internet, your connection issues may lie where the PC believes the dialup modem is the preferred connection method (as opposed to the ADSL modem), or your browser may be set to automatically detect a proxy server. As such, when you try to connect you may find either:

  • A Connect To window pops up, asking you to use your dialup modem to connect to the Internet upon opening a browser or other Internet based program; or
  • The web browser is unable to get any web content even though the ADSL connection is active and other traffic (such as mail or ftp) can be received.
For the fix for either of these problems, select your operating system below:
  • Windows
    If you use Netscape to browse the web, you will also need to click here and select the Check Proxy or Check Browsing Settings link
  • Macintosh:

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