Jim,
I'm going to take a guess here.
Your workstation running the browser always thinks it's connected to the
net. The winsock is loaded and Netscape / IE sees this as connected.
When you pass the URL request to STN it says "time to make the donuts" and
dials out, but the browser thinks it is already passed the URL request out
to the net .... and waits for a response. It doesn't ask a second time but
just waits. If you were to click reload a couple times before the time-out
STN would have reconnected and you're hit the site with no error.
This is no different than if you had dialed in to the net directly (say
through AOL, god forbid), minimized the AOL connection and ran Netscape or
IE. Then AOL, while minimized said "Good-bye" and you lost the connection.
Netscape and IE would just sit their and wait for the connection to that URL
that you just clicked on. And wait, and wait, until it times out. Then
you'd realize that AOL kicked you off. Redial AOL, get back in and retry
Netscape / IE again and it is back on track.
I have a client using STN in another room that dials out. They don't get to
hear the phone dial, nor do they hear the consistent hang ups and redials
(because the ISP sucks and connects one out of five times) so they get the
time-out error a few times. Although they usually just call in for e-mail;
I make them load Netscape Navigator first. When they see the home page
load, it is ok to pick up the e-mail (as they are now online).
Get cable or DSL and you'll never wait. You're on 24x7.
Good Luck,
Arnie
Jim Harris wrote:
> Here's one for the books. . .
>
> I have STN running. Dials out, works like a champ. I have an
> inactivity time out setting of "x" minutes. After "x" minutes, the
> modem hangs up. (as it is supposed to. . .)
>
> OK, say the modem is on-hook. I make a network request via my web
> browser. The modem picks up, dials, and makes a connection. (again, as
> it should.)
>
> Here's the beef: The -FIRST- time I try to use the browser to get a
> page, if the modem is not already on line, it -always- fails, even after
> picking up the line, dialing, and connecting. Once it is connected,
> (and Netscape or IE tell me that it cannot find the page/server), if I
> retry, it always succeeds. If the connection is already established, it
> always succeeds.
>
> WHY does it fail at initial connect?
>
> WHAT can I do to make it work?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Jim
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