Internet Explorer error message before Barricade router co..

When I access a Web page such as www.cnn.com, the Barricade router
causes the attached dial-up modem to dial, but the Internet Explorer
gives a message stating it cannot access the site requested. When I
try to access the same site again, the site will come up. It is a
Barricade 7004ABR router with a US Robotics model 5686 external 56K
modem. This happens on 2 PC's on the network, which is a peer-to-peer
setup. One PC has Windows 95 OSR2 with IE 4, the other has Windows ME
and (I think) IE 5.5. There are 5 PC's on the LAN, I do not have the
others set up to use the Barricade yet. How can I get the browser to
access the sites the first time?

TIA,
Karl

karl751 DeleteThis @netzero.net (Karl Loucks) wrote in message news:<de58e237.0309040757.59ce89f4 DeleteThis @posting.google.com>...
 > When I access a Web page such as <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.cnn.com," target="_blank">www.cnn.com,</a> the Barricade router
 > causes the attached dial-up modem to dial, but the Internet Explorer
 > gives a message stating it cannot access the site requested. When I
 > try to access the same site again, the site will come up. It is a
 > Barricade 7004ABR router with a US Robotics model 5686 external 56K
 > modem. This happens on 2 PC's on the network, which is a peer-to-peer
 > setup. One PC has Windows 95 OSR2 with IE 4, the other has Windows ME
 > and (I think) IE 5.5. There are 5 PC's on the LAN, I do not have the
 > others set up to use the Barricade yet. How can I get the browser to
 > access the sites the first time?
 >
 > TIA,
 > Karl

It may be a timeout issue. The dial-up connection may be taking too long to
connect. I know there is some way to increase the TCP/IP timeout parameter in
Windows but I can't seem to recall it. I'm sure you can find it on the Net
somewhere.

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