Firstly i'm on broadband through a PCI NIC but i have to connect to a 56k ISP in order to upload to my webhost. I went and bought a cheap USB modem. Its the first time i've used a 56k modem since win98 and first USB modem, maybe i'm doing something wrong.

I thought it would be as simple as just plugging it in and connecting but i haven't managed to once yet. Most times when i try to connect it sticks on "opening port..." and then when i cancel it freezes my network connections window, when i click on any of the icons nothing happens. So the only way i can retry is by restarting the computer.

A few times it does connect but shortly after gives a error and again freezes the network connections window.

Any ideas