Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
09-11-2004, 03:11
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
Another convert in the offing or not as the case may be. 
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09-11-2004, 09:55
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
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Lovely .... now which of the drivers should we be using for an NTL Home 120 modem?
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09-11-2004, 10:10
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
Pretty sure it's an Ambit, but no doubt someone can confirm.
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09-11-2004, 19:25
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
Yep, the ntl:home modems are Ambits.
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29-11-2004, 14:47
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
I'm ba-aaack
Having emailed the Ambit.zip file linked to from this thread (also linked to from Chetnet, as it happens), we got a little stuck trying to get my friend's PC set up. The file appeared to contain only Win2k and WinXP drivers. He has a Win98 machine. I have just been looking directly at the Ambit website here: http://www.ambitbroadband.com/broadband/downloads.asp and have downloaded all four of the zip files for Data-only cable modems as I haven't a clue which is the right one. Can anybody advise which is which, or perhaps tell me where I can get my hands on something that will definitely work with Win98?
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29-11-2004, 16:13
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
All the ntlhome drivers are the same - despite being marked as Win2k/XP, the drivers linked to here should install and work on 98.
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29-11-2004, 16:35
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
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Originally Posted by jimbo
All the ntlhome drivers are the same - despite being marked as Win2k/XP, the drivers linked to here should install and work on 98.
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Aahh ... right, forgive me if my descriptions of what happened are a little vague, but we were doing this over the phone. What happened was, he unzipped the ambit.zip file to his desktop, so that there was a folder containing all the contents found therein. Then he powered everything down,conneced everything up, powered up modem, waited, powered up PC, was asked for drivers, browsed for them, browsed through the Ambit folder on his desktop, found folders called Win2k and WinXP, and the PC apparently wouldn't let him select them, or gave a message saying 'unable to locate drivers' or somesuch ... I'm sorry, I know it's vague ....
Anyone dare to post what *should* happen at each step, so I can compare it with his experience when I phone him again tomorrow?
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29-11-2004, 16:40
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
Ahh, your friend needs to select the Ambit folder itself, rather than the 2kXP folder which is within. The files he's looking for are usbcm.inf, usbcm.cat and usbcm.sys.
Since he's tried installing once and it's failed, there might be bits hanging about, so with the USB cable unplugged, run the uninstall.exe program to remove any trace of the drivers, then reboot the PC. Plug the USB cable back in, and when you're going through the Found New Hardware wizard, use the automatic search option and tick Specify a Location. Click Browse, and find the Ambit folder - highlight it, and click OK - then finish the wizard.
Alternatively, buy him an Ethernet card 
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29-11-2004, 16:46
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Re: Making a PC set up for BT ADSL work on NTL BB
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Originally Posted by jimbo
Ahh, your friend needs to select the Ambit folder itself, rather than the 2kXP folder which is within. The files he's looking for are usbcm.inf, usbcm.cat and usbcm.sys.
Since he's tried installing once and it's failed, there might be bits hanging about, so with the USB cable unplugged, run the uninstall.exe program to remove any trace of the drivers, then reboot the PC. Plug the USB cable back in, and when you're going through the Found New Hardware wizard, use the automatic search option and tick Specify a Location. Click Browse, and find the Ambit folder - highlight it, and click OK - then finish the wizard.
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Thank you 
I'll give that a whirl tomorrow night and post back.
I would buy him an ethernet card, but then I'd have to talk him through installing it. 
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