On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 15:22 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:54:52 -0600 > "Cybe R. Wizard" <cyber_wizard@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > For the past two weeks I have been internally blaming earthlink for my > > pathetic dial-up speeds (av. 4.2Kbps) but have discovered that Younger > > Daughter's WinXP connects at 4.8Kbps, Wife's Win98 connects at > > 4.8Kbps, and my old Win95 does the same. I am supposed to have a 56K > > (53.3Kbps) connection and did have that until about two weeks ago. I > > track Sid and update regularly. Since 90% of my online time is > > text-based this didn't become a problem or even very apparent until > > the past couple of weeks. I have no idea as to how to even start > > troubleshooting this. Can any of you wiser heads help? > > Thanks for any ideas you may have concerning my problem. > > > > > Please excuse my errors. I meant 48.0Kbps respectively for Younger > Daughter's and Wife's connections. My connection through my Debian > box really does connect at only 4.2Kbps. If it helps I am using a > Creative Modem Blaster external v.92. It has to be you initialization string being sent. Being External is a good thing. I review your Device Manual to determine the best settings for v.92. Personally I haven't used a Real Dial-up Modem for about 7 years, but I remember much angst when I had an Init string wrong. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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