Roger Mills wrote:
I've reported on earlier occasions that my laptop always crashed as soon as
I connected my S2 to it, even though the S2 worked ok with my desktop
computer.

The *good* news is that I have finally got the S2 to connect to the laptop
without crashing it. I have done this by creating a Profile in which I've
disabled all hardware which I don't actually need when connecting to the
internet - including CD drive, floppy drive, serial and parallel ports, and
internal modem. [Some time when I've got nothing better to do, I'll add them
back in one at a time to find out which one is responsible for the crashes].

The *bad* news is that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - even though
the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps.

When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 modem,
it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change it to around 900k
(that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start the modem, it's back to
115,200 - even after a re-boot.

Help!


The S2 program will overwrite any settings made to your Network
Connections when it starts.

You need to create a copy, rename it, create a shortcut and use that.
You might need to start the S2 program for the laptop so see the phone
as a modem, wait for the circle to turn green, close it then use your
shortcut.

I would also advise using OpenDNS on the copied network connections,
it's faster than the one Three uses.

http://www.opendns.com/