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161734 2003-07-21 06:42:00 is there a dialer program or a way to keep redialing untill you are connected at a desired speed..eg 50kbps heni72847 (1166)
161735 2003-07-21 07:50:00 i think that idea is a waste of time. the logon speed is an rough guide of what speed you have. the speed you get 30 secs after you have connected can be totaly different. the main thing to worry about is your actual download speed. tweak'e (174)
161736 2003-07-21 08:46:00 still...
if u did dial up at 21kbps no matter how fast the server lets u download u will still be limited
that's all i'm worried about

so logon speed does matter
heni72847 (1166)
161737 2003-07-21 09:14:00 > still...
> if u did dial up at 21kbps no matter how fast the
> server lets u download u will still be limited
> that's all i'm worried about
>
> so logon speed does matter

I thought it did to ,but it doesn't, Login speed is only the speed at that split second of logon, 5 seconds after that, it could be 48kbps, its changing all the time, So you are wasting your time redialing trying to get more speed ;)
iron-zeus (3479)
161738 2003-07-21 10:24:00 Not so my friend, your logon speed is important because it can show if you got a crappy curcuit @ the exchange or modem end :D.

I had some freeware somewhere that did that .... i will try to find it.
Meanwhile go to webattack.com and search their freeware part for a dial-up manager.

Cheers
Patryn
Patryn999 (3748)
161739 2003-07-21 10:44:00 If you are using a dial up modem you can use commands to force a specific connection, or make it redial and keep trying until it connects at that speed.

The commands are sometimes referred to as Init Strings, you can read more from here:
www.56k.com

I had a Lucent 56k modem, and from memory used
AT-V90=17 to get 48000. I found any higher was unreliable, and lower was slower.

This site has more info:
www.modemsite.com

J
:D
Jester (13)
161740 2003-07-21 10:54:00 >your logon speed is important because it can show if you got a crappy curcuit @ the exchange or modem end

not really. it can tell you if its suddenly gone bad eg normally logs on @ 50k then suddenly drops to a constant 33k however this is also noticable by sudden drop in download speed.

the logon speed display is generated by the meassureing the time it takes to send a SMALL amount of data and that result is often rounded up or down depending on whats written in the driver.

to gain an accurate speed you need to download a compresed file for a decent period of time.

a good example is my conection. constant download speed of 2.8kB/s (28kb/s roughly) even tho it will show logon speed of 44000. my logon speed can vary from 33000 to 44000 but actual download speed never changes.
tweak'e (174)
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