ADSL via Network Card : Problems with ADSL Connection

special problem : Periodic pauses / delays in displaying Webpages

When connecting from Windows95/98/ME via a network card to an ADSL-modem, you should
install some patches :

Updates to the Windows System files NDIS.VXD and VTCP.386 (for more information and
the download links, see the Microsoft Knowledge base articles Q236926 and Q243199 ) :

	Check in Windows\System the file-version of NDIS.VXD. make sure, that you have 4.10.2224. (if not, download patch at Q243199 ). Note: My Windows98SE system did have file-version 4.10.2222, and I have seen multiple publications strongly suggesting to install this patch on Windows98SE to prevent your system hanging.
	Check in Windows\System the file-version of VTCP.386. make sure, that you have 4.10.2223. (if not, download patch at Q236926). Note: My Windows98SE system did have file-version 4.10.2222.

However, these patched did not fix my problem :
In regular intervals, when I requested to display a webpage on a different server
(when following a link from one website to another or selecting a link from the menu: Favorites in the browser),
nothing happened for 30-60 seconds, then the page got displayed.

	I have found out, that these delays are caused by the DNS resolution : I was able to PING the Internet server using the IP-address, but when trying to PING using the name, nothing happens for 30-60 seconds.
	Then the system was able to get the IP-address from the DNS-server and made the PING communication test (and when I had the Internet Explorer open "hanging"/Waiting to display a new page, it started to display the new page at the same time as PING reported the IP-address)

This is caused by the TCP/IP protocol using the network adapter connecting to the
ADSL-modem, when there is NO IP-address configured :

I have seen several reports in Computer
journals, suggesting to :

- assign a static IP-address
(I do not know, if this will interfere with
a LAN configuration with 2 network cards
installed)

- delete the TCP/IP-protocol having a
binding with the network card connection
to the ADSL-modem
(that was not possible with the ADSL
software delivered by my ADSL provider)

I fixed my problem by installing an alternative access software : RASPPPOE