AOL broadband not playing on new computer

[tgbyhn10111]

Hi

Installed a new pc at my brother's the other day. He's on AOL and the old PC connects fine on a Bt Voyager 190 ADSL. When i plug the new pc into the same modem/router/cables etc it won't connect. I connect the old one back up and it works fine. Do AOL need to enable each MAC address?

The old computer has aol 9 on it. I could only get aol 8 on the new one as i didn't have a cd for 9.

Any advice on what I need to do to get the new computer working? Both PCs have XP Home installed and network cards are working fine.

thanks

 

[tgbyhn10111]

I connected up all the cables and opened internet explorer but it didn't work. I have not tried anything other than that. It said it had limited connectivity I think.

I'm used to virgin / cable. Just plug in the modem / router and away you go. I thought it would be the same with AOL and was really suprised i had problems.

I've downloadd aol9 install and will try that next week but it's only 400k - I'm hoping it will be clever enough to connect to aol and download the rest of the software.

Any tips appreciated

 

[tgbyhn10111]

Yeah AOL doesn't use Internet Explorer, its got its own browser, you have to use the AOL 8/9 to get on, once you Double click the AOL icon it starts to sign in.

You could also try a manual connection so you can use Internet Explorer (so theres no need for the AOL software at all), guide here in my very old thread i started when i was on AOL.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17577519&page=2&pp=30

thanks