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A v90 modem is what I use to connect.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ian

% A v90 modem is what I use to connect.

It sounds as if you are getting disconnected from your ISP, which is
causing the network error.  To help isolate the disconnection, got to
Control Panel -> Modems -> Properties -> Connection -> Advanced and
check the box Record a log file.  

If this box was already checked you should have a file in your Windows
folder called ModemLog.txt  If you are getting disconnected by your ISP
or your modem is*** itself up, you should find clues here.  

There are 2 places to check to see if you have your connection set to
disconnect automatically.  The first one is on the Connection tab for
your modem.  The second is in the Control Panel -> Internet ->
Connection.

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I seem to be experiencing this error, 10049 Error on network device, quite a
bit. First the sound goes (focus moving from the GPL a message box),
pressing the mouse button brings it back to GPL. Sometimes it stays
connected, but mostly I get disconnected.

A v90 modem is what I use to connect.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Ian

I have  tried many things to correct the problem but nothing has worked.
Scott from Papyrus helped me a great deal in troubleshooting the problem.
The upshot of all of the testing?  I am signing on with a new ISP soon.

Here's the deal:
3 other people I know have GPL and the same ISP.  We have all connected and
tried racing and we all had the problem at different times.  If the other
two guys, who have alternate ISP's already, connected via their other ISP,
they experienced NO OTHER PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER, whereas I would keep getting
booted.  Also, the other guys never played GPL through Voicenet (my ISP)
before.  They have always used their other ISP and never had the problem.
They never discoed until they went to Voicenet.  Ever.

The modem log always says the same thing: "Remote Modem Hung up".  It is the
same message that appeared on the other folks machines when they had their
discos.   Bottom line: my isp, Voicenet, does NOT like GPL for some reason.
It may be some sort of software installed on their server that detects what
it considers "valid" traffic (http? ftp?).  If it doesn't detect valid
traffic on a connection for more than 15 minutes or so, it disconnects.   It
is maddening and the ISP was no help at all.  To hell with them.  They lost
my business.

I can't stand getting discoed from league races anymore.  I haven't
completed a race since last December.

One thing you can try which seems to have solved the problem for me
temporarily is to run GSB.  For some reason, this seems to keep the
connection alive.  I haven't raced in a league race using it, but VROC races
stay connected while leaving GSB running in the background.

Hope this helps. You are not alone.
Good luck,

J.

I have unchecked 2 boxes where you have suggested and will record a log
file. I will see how this goes.

Thanks once again  :-)
Ian

Ian

I had a continual problem with this - so much so that I talked to my
ISP and he suggested connecting to a different number.

Turns out they were using old (V34?) modems on one number (which was
for static ip addresses) and when they introduced new V90 modems for
dynamic ip addressing they introduced a new number.  This has cured my
problem (10049) 100%.  They used to occur every 40 mins or so, now I
have raced for about one month with only one such disconnection.
(Still get thrown out of a race - but the connection to my ISP
remains)

I too did a modem log and it would show both disconnections from the
ISP end and also from my end.  I suspect that the modems were loosing
synchronisation and never recovering.

I have to say for completeness, that in changing numbers to my ISP I
also changed from Energis to Cable and Wireless as the telephone
service provider (after my British Telecom connection to them).

Talk to your ISP and try and discover what modems are being used.
Alan

http://www.chandler.u-net.com

I did the same with my ISP and the 100049's have disappeared for me too.
Unfortunately though the change came too late to prevent a 10049 kicking
me out of the lead of a league race on the penultimate lap :-)

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