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| 18691 | 2001-09-12 06:26:00 | After connecting to the internet, i check the status box for my connection and notice that my modem is running at 44,000bps. I have a 56kbps modem and I am wondering if it is possible for me to boost it's speed to what it procalims it can do. Am I asking too much! | Guest (0) | ||
| 18692 | 2001-09-12 08:41:00 | There are all sorts of reasons why a modem doesnt connect at near to 56000kbps, condition of phone lines, type of modem, ie. whether it is a full modem or a win modem, whether internal or external and the make etc. For general information here are 3 comparisons of connection speed obtained just recently after rebuilding my system and trying different modems: Dynalink PCI internal full modem with conexant chip, 46667 to 48000kbps. cost $85 SpeedCom+ external with conexant chip, 46667 to (very occasionally) 49333kbps. cost $135. 3Com US Robotics external faxmodem, always 52000kbps. Cost $235. These speeds are with the same computer on the same phone line. It demonstrates that you get what you pay for! My previous internal US Robotics full ISA modem also almost always connected at 52000kbps, the ISP initially being IBM and for the last 3 years with Paradise from Upper Hutt. I have never been able to get a Rockwell/ Conexant modem to connect faster than 48000 on average, but thats not to say they wouldnt at a different location. |
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| 18693 | 2001-09-12 09:07:00 | The speeds indicated by your connection icon in the task bar do not necessarily represent the actual speed connected. The speeds are generally listed in the driver .inf file, and whenever you connect it will always pick one of the listed speeds. If one of the numbers in the .inf file was say 1234567bps, theres almost no doubt that one day you'd connect at that speed (supposedly). The figures, as I understand it, just represent an approximate speed, and a figure of 40kbps upwards is probably sufficient. Technically, you can't connect higher than 33.6kbps anyway... the 56k is the suggested download speed. |
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| 18694 | 2001-09-12 09:23:00 | It is a 56Kb connection (or 42000 etc) but only for downloading. It gets the higher speeds by skipping one of the Analoge-to-Digital converstions which would otherwise limit the speed to 33600. In the good old hardware modem days at least, the reported connect speed was the negotiated speed based on the phone line. BTW, My POS rockwell HCF currently is connected at 51666bps (although its probably a lie) to Paradise. |
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| 18695 | 2001-09-12 11:52:00 | mike is on the ball about the icon 'speeds'. the best thing would be to test your acctual download speed. pick a known server at an offpeak time and download a decent size file. note ie dosn't report download speed very well so u will need to get domething like a download manager or a net tool that will display the acctual download speed. | Guest (0) | ||
| 18696 | 2001-09-12 23:34:00 | Hi Mike, not really. The connection speeds are there in the inf file for a reason. When you first connect, your modem and the ISP's modem talk to each other and negotiate a connection speed that both are happy with having regard to line conditions, modem capability etc. A connection speed is then agreed upon. It's certainly not a random selection. Another point is to ensure that hardware flow control is selected in the modem setup. It is possible to add &Un and &Nn commands to the initialisation string to set lower and upper connection speeds, where n=speed. IE. &U46667 is the floor level, and &N54666 is the ceiling connect speed. The problem is if the modem cant hack it, then it wont connect at all. |
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| 18697 | 2001-09-13 07:15:00 | You could add this string to your modems extra settings S36=7 I understand it forces the modem to try and negotiate higher speeds, if possible. |
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