BP6 and USB issue.
Hi, I had the same problem running a USB alcatel dsl modem under 2000. I tried a powered hub as well to try to resolve the problem....
I tried running Win 98 and it behaved fine, however you like me probably don't want to stoop that low.
I must admit that I kind of gave up, installed a NIC and bought a DSL500... an end to all the hassle and handy to make a small home Lan with.
Later on I got given a Dell Optiplex 233 with USB and a NIC as standard, this now runs smoothwall firewall and runs happily with the alcatel usb modem... so happily that I just keep the DSL500 as back up.
Some of the UK isps have revised drivers for the USB modems on their sites, it may be worth trying them, I know newer drivers have been introduced since I gave up.
www.adslguide.org is another useful resource, certainly in the past they seemed to have many threads regarding problems with XP/2000 and particularly SMP machines...
Good Luck, I hope you get it resolved...
I tried running Win 98 and it behaved fine, however you like me probably don't want to stoop that low.
I must admit that I kind of gave up, installed a NIC and bought a DSL500... an end to all the hassle and handy to make a small home Lan with.
Later on I got given a Dell Optiplex 233 with USB and a NIC as standard, this now runs smoothwall firewall and runs happily with the alcatel usb modem... so happily that I just keep the DSL500 as back up.
Some of the UK isps have revised drivers for the USB modems on their sites, it may be worth trying them, I know newer drivers have been introduced since I gave up.
www.adslguide.org is another useful resource, certainly in the past they seemed to have many threads regarding problems with XP/2000 and particularly SMP machines...
Good Luck, I hope you get it resolved...
