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| 169088 | 2003-08-21 09:44:00 | Boy I do stir up debate at times- re new cable - tried that- -disconnected bedroom , and main phones and separate fax - absolutely no difference. Ant there is absolutely nothing written on the modem card - name or numbers- the next thing Smithie38 and I are going to do - is have his fast modem ( historically) in his old P200 computer set up in my computer room ( great title for a bedroom) and try his known 6.kps download speed average and 52 connection speed modem working from here Will inform the world when the results show up - about mid morning effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 169089 | 2003-08-22 01:04:00 | Hi all, as promised! Smithie38 and I set up his original P200 in my computer room -using my original lines etc- and instantly showed a download speed at more than double mine and a connection speed at 53000 compared to my 31.2. we tried using a direct extension cable, bypassing the two phones and fax jack sockets- no difference in speed and compared to my using my set up as before, which means my set up has to be good enough to continue with. Without the shadow of a doubt- the fault has to be - my modem. Telecom have had their test proved,( no noise or pairing ) and even using a much older computer - but with the apparent correct modem - all speeds are more than doubled! Thanks to all who helped - all I want to know now is what named modem I should buy - it has to be internal, because of cost effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 169090 | 2003-08-22 01:36:00 | Hi Effie C I think the main thing here is not the brand, as much as the supplier. If you purchase from Dick Smith or the likes, you have a good chance that they will take it back if it does not do what you expect. To me thats a critical issue, and as important (or moreso) than the brand, given they will probably all use a similar chipset. I can't remember what speed processor you have, but you do need a minimum amount of grunt for a Winmodem, they are quite CPU intensive. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 169091 | 2003-08-22 02:06:00 | Hi Godfather- you guys must just about be sick of me- however- I now have two H/D - one with Win 98SE - 4 gb h/d and 500Mhz CPU- and win XP professional using 14.3 Gb -192 mb RAM with the 500CPU both versions show no problem by using this mutual hardware. The Standard modem ( as in, I assume a name) does not have any update site or idenitfication , and nothing on the side of it either.- so maybe a Microsoft generic one - but with Smithie38's test this morning my problem has to be with any modem other than mine. Smithie's modem is called aLUCENT WIN- and it sure works better then mine- old P200 or or my Pll Dickie Smith surely should be able to help - tho some of their staff are less informed than they should be- and would have to agree to a return surely. effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 169092 | 2003-08-22 02:34:00 | The Standard Modem is not a brand or a maker, it gets called that by Windows because its generic and unidentifiable. Your CPU will be fine with a winmodem as regards speed. The Lucent Win(modem) is just the identification of the chipset used, common ones are Connexant, Lucent. Its a matter of picking a modem and seeing if it works. Being a winmodem, the correct operation of the modem depends on both the hardware and all other software installed on the PC permitting the CPU to correctly control the modems every minute bit of data control. If the CPU gets distracted, then the modem operation suffers. Thats why hardware modems generally give less trouble, they do their own thing, with their own CPU built in. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 169093 | 2003-08-22 03:30:00 | Hi GF, I went into the site that antmannz offered earlier on and suposedly it read my modem port was comm 1 whereas in fact when i check my hardware it is using comm 4 - has this any bearing on the problem? Thanks for the info on "standard" modem - it had me foxed- and nobody else knew! O K if I reset the comm port-----then what? effie c aka as Eddie as has been revealed in above posts :-) |
effie C (772) | ||
| 169094 | 2003-08-22 09:09:00 | If the port was really interpreted wrongly by the driver, then your modem would not work. It wouldn't connect at a low speed, it just wouldn't connect at all. See below for the misunderstanding that you may be under? >I went into the site that antmannz offered earlier on and suposedly it >read my modem port was comm 1 whereas in fact when i check my >hardware it is using comm 4 Now you have me very worried. The site you refer to is not a diagnostic of your system, its nothing more than a graphic description of what Windows Diagnostics can show you, and the information on that web page belongs to the person who posted the helpful info, and has nothing whatever to do with your system. What you were asked to do, was enter the same diagnostic routine on your PC and tell us exactly what it says, as it may give a better clue as to what modem you really have. Again I stress, the info on that link is a guide to show you how to interrogate your system. Its not a test of your system, its simply a screen shot of the authors system with instructions of how to get the info. Its most likely that your modem simply has not got the right driver. You are unable to find the right driver because you do not know the make and model of the modem. The info antzmann asked for may help identify it. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 169095 | 2003-08-22 10:51:00 | Eddie have a look at this page, especially towards the bottom, its part of the site I recommended earlier. It seems to relate to where you are at at the moment. users.aol.com |
Rod ger (316) | ||
| 169096 | 2003-08-22 22:39:00 | Hi GF,Rod ger Antmannz, Now I suspect we - me - is/are getting somewhere. ! Gf is talking about an upgraded driver. 2 Rod ger is showing me a variation on that,which I have gone into. 3 Antmannz has asked for and got a copy of the diagnostics ( direct e mail) 4 With apologies to Antmannz, who is a hardworked man ( by me, no doubt as we play chess online) I now find that my modem in fact has a name- as GF says it is a generic Microsoft one, so must be adequate, especially if served with an updated driver. -ie AT13 LASAT safire 560 Voice V2.20 This being diagnosed I should in theory be able to go in and download an update -from where - please? I am going to try and copy the diagnostic e.mail to this post- addresses censored by me so no breach of privacy occurrs. Hi - I have used the "print screen "once- but it does not want to be opened - so here goes a long hand version In phone and modem options /modems= Standard 56000 bps attached to com4 In standard 56000 bps modem properties/diagnostics= hardwareID moto1_gen there is no "more info, or pop up If I press "query modem", I get ATQ0v1E0 success AT+GMM COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED AT+FCLASS=? 0,1,1,0 AT#CLS=? 0,1,8 AT+GCI? COMMAND NOT SUPPORTED AT11 225 AT12 Success AT13 V1.009-K56_DLP AT14 a007880284C6002F bC60000000 r1005111151012004 r30001111170000000 AT15 022 AT16 RCV56DPF L8570A Rev 30.1/30.1 AT17 000 There appears nothing else that I can get you - sorry if this is all wrong - accrurate maybe Eddie |
effie C (772) | ||
| 169097 | 2003-08-22 23:12:00 | Now we are getting somewhere. Looks like a Motorola Voice Surfer 56K Winmodem. Found this little bit on Xtra: <www.xtra.co.nz Just scroll down to Motorola- looks like you have the latest firmware! |
Rod ger (316) | ||
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