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A cable connection is fast—sometimes. The many dif- ferent types of DSL are zippy, too, but the installation hassles they sometimes entail are legendary. Then there are the dark horse candidates: satellite and wireless. These offer quick downloads, but who knows what’ll happen when sunspot activity picks up or some other atmospheric phenomenon interferes? Finally, there’s the venerable dial-up modem. It’s definitely not speedy, but it isn’t too old to be taught a few new tricks. | PC WORLD TECHNOLOGY ADVICE YOU CAN TRUST PC WORLD MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS SPECIAL BONUS COLLECTION J Power unde t@ The Internet -_J Floppy disk controllers -_j Hard disk controllers I I Human Interface Devices - Network adapters S3 Dial-Up Adapter I EZ-Link USB Adapter S3 iVasionPoET Adapter a Flealtek FlTL8029 AS PCI Ethernet NIC yWorts LUM ï Lh 11 J Copyright 2002 PC World Communications Inc. All rights reserved. The trademark PC World is owned by International Data Group and used under license by PC World Communications Inc. Printed in the United States. You must have permission before reproducing any material from PC World. Direct inquiries to permissions@. NET TIPS Net Connection 29 ways to keep your cable DSL satellite or dial-up modem link cruising-and maybe even find a new gear. By Kirk Steers ILLUSTRATIONS BY CELIA JOHNSON MARCH 2002 103 NET TIPS is your internet connection as fast and troublefree as it could be Probably not. Is there something that you can do to make it better Definitely. A cable connection is fast sometimes. The many different types of DSL are zippy too but the installation hassles they sometimes entail are legendary. Then there are the dark horse candidates satellite and wireless. These offer quick downloads but who knows what ll happen when sunspot activity picks up or some other atmospheric phenomenon interferes Finally there s the venerable dial-up modem. It s definitely not speedy but it isn t too old to be taught a few new tricks. Whatever kind of connection you use you can get more performance out of it. Our 29 tips cover dial-up DSL cable satellite and fixed wireless. First we briefly describe what you need to know before making the connection then we discuss optimizing your link and finally we explain how to troubleshoot a faulty connection. Naturally some tips apply to a single type of Internet link and others apply to multiple types. Each tip is marked with one or more icons that .