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If you are still unable to connect, please contact your broadband provider for assistance. Some or all of my address book contacts are missing If your AOL Desktop Gold contacts are missing, try the solutions listed below.
Unplug all phone devices in your home - Unplug all phone devices in your home, then reconnect just the modem. Try to connect online, and if it works, plug in each device one at a time until you find the one causing the problem. Restart your computer and modem - Sometimes the old "turn it off and on again" approach actually does work! Just wait ...
Remove any splitters, phone line surge protectors, fax or answering machines, or other devices as they may affect your modem’s ability to connect. • Restart your PC and try connecting again. • Try using a different access number, if available:
Bonjour provides a general method to discover services on a local area network. The software is widely used throughout macOS, and allows users to set up a network without any configuration. As of 2010 it is used to find printers and file-sharing servers. Notable applications using Bonjour include: iTunes to find shared music
The widespread adoption of Wi-Fi in new classes of smaller devices made the need for ad hoc networking much more important. Even without a central Wi-Fi hub or router, it would be useful for a laptop computer to be able to wirelessly connect to a local printer. Although the ad hoc mode was created to address this sort of need, the lack of ...
An example handshake of a dial-up modem. Modern dial-up modems typically have a maximum theoretical transfer speed of 56 kbit/s (using the V.90 or V.92 protocol), although in most cases, 40–50 kbit/s is the norm. Factors such as phone line noise as well as the quality of the modem itself play a large part in determining connection speeds.
With AOL Dialer set as your default dialer, you can connect to the Internet by launching most Internet applications like web browsers or AOL Desktop Gold. The Dialer will launch automatically and prompt you to sign in. Note: This method may not work with all Internet applications. To connect with the Dialer first:
Three network interface widgets (2 Ethernet and 1 WiFi) showing two network interfaces being up, one being down with no cable plugged in (hence: "no carrier"), underlined in red. NO CARRIER (capitalized) is a word code transmitted from a modem to its attached device (typically a computer ), indicating the modem is not (or no longer) connected ...