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| 378671 | 2005-08-05 09:21:00 | To free up a PCI slot I'm replacing the internal modem with an external one. (Dialup). It is a US Robotics 'Sportster' 56k voice fax data modem model 0462 (serial, not USB). Trouble is that while my internal connects at 56k the external only connects at 33.6kb. I've had a look around but can't seem to find any settings that need to ba changed. In the dialer properties I've gone into the separate modem setups and both are set at 115200bps. I'm using Windows XP which detected and set up the modem all by itself (clever little OS) ... so no driver was required to be provided ...which was just as well because no driver came with the second hand modem and I couldn't find an appropriate on one the net. (The modem was surplus at work and was tested by our IT guy today although he didn't say anything about connection speed) I think the slower speed being reported for the external modem is correct as it took longer to download similar photos on the different modems. Any ideas? |
Oggy (5399) | ||
| 378672 | 2005-08-05 09:26:00 | no modem contects at 56k so it was proberly giving you a false connection speed. odds are you you proberly where only conectiing at 33 anyway. but i would check for better drivers anyway. also makes sure the phone pins connections is not corroded or loose. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 378673 | 2005-08-05 09:31:00 | no modem contects at 56k so it was proberly giving you a false connection speed. odds are you you proberly where only conectiing at 33 anyway. but i would check for better drivers anyway. also makes sure the phone pins connections is not corroded or loose. Fair enough. Give or take a few kb the internal generally reports that it is runnig at about 54kb ... just checked and it's reporting 54.6kb at the moment and we do get surprisingly good speeds. Would doing a 'ping' verify the speed? If so, how do I ping? |
Oggy (5399) | ||
| 378674 | 2005-08-05 10:46:00 | no ping dosn't give speed as such. best thing is to download a compressed file with a program that can show the exact speed the data is being downloaded. a lot of downloading program (getright,flashget etc) show it ok or something like analogX netstat. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 378675 | 2005-08-05 11:00:00 | one other thing...are you sure its a 56k v90 or v92 modem? if its an older modem it may be a 56k flex modem which very few isps support and it will fall back to v34 (33k) | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 378676 | 2005-08-05 11:26:00 | one other thing...are you sure its a 56k v90 or v92 modem? if its an older modem it may be a 56k flex modem which very few isps support and it will fall back to v34 (33k) That's the answer I think. The case says 56k fax modem but the telepermit sticker says its a 'v34+' . Ahh well. I wonder if our IT guy has any newer surplus modems lying around. Cheers tweak'e |
Oggy (5399) | ||
| 378677 | 2005-08-05 12:02:00 | some of those can have the firmware flashed ie upgraded. check the web for any firmware upgrades. | tweak'e (69) | ||
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