In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Dex wrote:

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/

Thanks. I've done all that and have now got up to 900+k - so that's some
improvement - but it still insists that it is a dial-up modem which it
associates with COM4.

Thanks for the reminder about opendns. I already use that on my main
broadband connection, and have now pointed the S2 connection at it as well.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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