issue: want to do dial access and dsl (or cable) at the same time.

problem: Windows allows dial access to steal the focus so it is an either/or situation. either you are dsl (or cable), or you are dial access but not both at the same time. there are scripts that allow you to do so, but i am lousy with scripts, and i have to dial in and out all day and hate to run scripts over and over.

my resolution: i run my dsl through a gateway machine via Wingate ... aka the poor man's firewall. For applications that i want dsl all the time (ws_ftp, ie6, media player etc.) I set up proxy settings and "use the proxy". for work (which I use dial access) i go without the proxy.

an example ... i use ns 4.7x for usenet and some email and use dial access to get to the specific news servers so ns is my dial access app. for browsing, searching, whatever i use ie6 and have it setup to connect via the proxy. i can go back and forth between the two ... one 56k and the other dsl.

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by boark edited by DrTCP