I have been having issues with Internet Explorer 6.0,
When ICQ is accessed on the computer Internet explorer fails to recognize the modem. It gives the message regarding a failure to detect the internet connection with the options of retrying or working offline. When I click retry, it loads and works properly, but each time I open a new IE browser I run into the same problem.
I am using Sympatico high speed edition and in the Internet Setting option it does not recognize the modem. The internet works fine except for this problem.
This is a
DSL service. Somehow, the ICQ application is hogging the modem -- which client application are you using? It could be a
PPPoE issue with the client. One thing you could try is a different client; I use both the Linux and the Windows version of the free multi-protocol client
GAIM:
http://gaim.sourceforge.net -- It's newer software, supports ICQ and might work better with DSL/PPPoE. It's a good place to start.
Another thing you can try for experimental purposes is the CD-bootable
Knoppix Linux (see my sig). It works well with my
SBC/Yahoo! DSL and includes the Linux version of GAIM, as well.
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