comp.os.os2.comm (Usenet) Saturday, 09-Oct-1999 to Friday, 15-Oct-1999 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: sachmo@horn.net 09-Oct-99 13:30:22 To: All 09-Oct-99 14:41:27 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: sachmo@horn.net On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:03:30, "Gnaea" wrote: > Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am > having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when I try to > upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to reformat the > drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me know. Thanks. IIRC and it's been awhile I think it was advisable to remove W3 first. As to the "why" of it, I don't remember perhaps somebody else does here. Ciao, Gene --------------- pequod@gate.net The minstrel boy to the war is gone In the ranks of death you'll find him; One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard; Words shall never sound in slavery! --Thomas Moore (1779-1852) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: CyberGate, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jcmcgar@net.earthlink 09-Oct-99 14:54:14 To: All 09-Oct-99 14:41:27 Subj: USR PCI 56k Fax/Modem - How? From: jcmcgar@net.earthlink (Chuck McGarigle) In an article I found at dejanews several persons indicated success in getting the USR PCI card (model 5610) working in OS/2 v4. I installed the card this morning, but I can't seem to get it to work or be recognized in OS/2. Has anyone had success in setting up the card? PnP is enabled in BIOS, but the modem doesn't appear to be recognized. Any suggestions would be appreciated since I need the only ISA slot for my sound card. Chuck McGarigle ><><><><><><><><>< jcmcgar@net.earthlink (reverse) --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: EarthLink Network, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: li_9_thop@plantlife73.com.na 09-Oct-99 18:26:10 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: netscape fixpack From: li_9_thop@plantlife73.com.na (Jim Backus) On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:32:08, l_luciano@da.mob (Stan Goodman) wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:45:04, "Gnaea" wrote: > > > I am trying to install netscape 4.61 and it keeps asking for fixpack 5. Can > > anyone tell me where to find fixpack 5 and please don't say IBM website > > because that site completely sucks. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > Since the fixpacks are cumulative, what you need is any fixpack from 5 up. > > As far as I known IBM websites are THE place for getting these things. > "Sucks" is probably an overreaction. Perhaps the original poster meant that it was simply difficult to find the way to the fix packs on the IBM sites - I constantly tell people how fast and reliable downloads are from their sites. the ftp site for the latest US english fixpack is: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v4warp/english-us/xr_ m012 Jim Backus OS/2 user because it's better bona fide replies to jimb(at)jita(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Fourmyle (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net 09-Oct-99 21:19:26 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: netscape fixpack From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:45:04, "Gnaea" wrote: > I am trying to install netscape 4.61 and it keeps asking for fixpack 5. Can > anyone tell me where to find fixpack 5 and please don't say IBM website > because that site completely sucks. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks. > The fix packs (at least some of the later ones) have been uploaded to HOBBES (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/). Get, and install both Fix Pack12 and the Device driver fix pack1. You will also need the CSF 1.41 package (which may be included in the ZIP files, I haven't looked at what has been uploaded to HOBBES). I think that saying the IBM website "sucks" is a little bit of exageration. It is not all that easy to navigate, unless you understand what you are looking at, but it is complete, and it is a good place to find things like fix packs. Hope this helps... ****************************** From the PC of Doug Bissett doug.bissett at attglobal.net The " at " must be changed to "@" ****************************** --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net 09-Oct-99 21:19:27 To: All 09-Oct-99 19:56:25 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:03:30, "Gnaea" wrote: > Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am > having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when I try to > upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to reformat the > drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me know. Thanks. > You must use the Custom Install process, for starters, and there is a place where you need to tell it not to format the drive (It has been a long time, so I don't remember the details). Personally, if I were to do it again, I would format the drive, and start all over again, just to get rid of a lot of leftover baggage that tends to collect over time. You do need to backup all of your data, so that it can be restored to the proper places, after you reinstall all of your software. Hope this helps... ****************************** From the PC of Doug Bissett doug.bissett at attglobal.net The " at " must be changed to "@" ****************************** --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: bobg.REMOVEME.@pics.com 10-Oct-99 01:08:27 To: All 10-Oct-99 03:23:18 Subj: Re: USR PCI 56k Fax/Modem - How? From: Bob Germer On <03uTgYr187Zo-pn2-HSdVg8LjdR2U@1Cust155.tnt2.trenton.nj.da.uu.net>, on 10/09/99 at 02:54 PM, jcmcgar@net.earthlink (Chuck McGarigle) said: > In an article I found at dejanews several persons indicated success in > getting the USR PCI card (model 5610) working in OS/2 v4. I installed > the card this morning, but I can't seem to get it to work or be > recognized in OS/2. Has anyone had success in setting up the card? PnP > is enabled in BIOS, but the modem doesn't appear to be recognized. Any > suggestions would be appreciated since I need the only ISA slot for my > sound card. Did you enable full hardware detection after installing the card? > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 9 MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67 Aut Pax Aut Bellum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jcmcgar@net.earthlink 10-Oct-99 14:52:25 To: All 10-Oct-99 14:35:09 Subj: Re: USR PCI 56k Fax/Modem - How? From: jcmcgar@net.earthlink (Chuck McGarigle) I think it's already enabled, but I'll double check. Thanks. Chuck McGarigle ><><><><><><><><>< jcmcgar@net.earthlink (reverse) On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 05:08:55, Bob Germer wrote: > On <03uTgYr187Zo-pn2-HSdVg8LjdR2U@1Cust155.tnt2.trenton.nj.da.uu.net>, on > 10/09/99 at 02:54 PM, > jcmcgar@net.earthlink (Chuck McGarigle) said: > > > In an article I found at dejanews several persons indicated success in > > getting the USR PCI card (model 5610) working in OS/2 v4. I installed > > the card this morning, but I can't seem to get it to work or be > > recognized in OS/2. Has anyone had success in setting up the card? PnP > > is enabled in BIOS, but the modem doesn't appear to be recognized. Any > > suggestions would be appreciated since I need the only ISA slot for my > > sound card. > > Did you enable full hardware detection after installing the card? > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- > Bob Germer from Mount Holly, NJ - E-mail: bobg@Pics.com > Proudly running OS/2 Warp 4.0 w/ FixPack 9 > MR/2 Ice Registration Number 67 > Aut Pax Aut Bellum > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: EarthLink Network, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: isaacl@sonics.ece.ubc.ca 10-Oct-99 19:01:26 To: All 10-Oct-99 19:56:29 Subj: Re: USR PCI 56k Fax/Modem - How? From: isaacl@sonics.ece.ubc.ca (e-frog) Chuck McGarigle (jcmcgar@net.earthlink) wrote: : In an article I found at dejanews several persons indicated success in : getting the USR PCI card (model 5610) working in OS/2 v4. I installed : the card this morning, but I can't seem to get it to work or be : recognized in OS/2. Has anyone had success in setting up the card? PnP : is enabled in BIOS, but the modem doesn't appear to be recognized. Any : suggestions would be appreciated since I need the only ISA slot for my : sound card. I think it would be easier to get yourself a PCI sound card. There are many Crystal chip cards out there and they are far cheaper than getting a PCI non-winmodem. Failing that, _if_ you can still return the USR, www.actiontec.com ? Has a bunch of PCI modems with OS/2 "officially" supported. Isaac --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: ITServices, University of British Columbia (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tvoltagg@home.com 11-Oct-99 00:05:02 To: All 10-Oct-99 21:15:25 Subj: PostRoad Mailer through Proxy Server From: tvoltagg@home.com Has anyone been able to use Post Road Mailer through a Proxy Server? I have not been able to. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Team OS/2 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: pNoOrStPiAgM@ibm.net 11-Oct-99 00:59:23 To: All 11-Oct-99 03:59:11 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: pNoOrStPiAgM@ibm.net (Harald Portig) When I first installed Warp4 several years ago it was done over the existing Warp3 installation. This was an extended HPFS partition, G:. At first I thought that this had worked well. An icon on the desktop contained all of the Warp3 desktop. This seemed pretty cool. However after using the system for a few days it acted somewhat flaky, don't remember exactly how, probably strange hangs. So I finally wiped out the installation and reformatted and reinstalled. This was on a 486 with 12 Mb RAM. Warp4 was significantly more resource hungry and I ended up adding 4Mb. That system is still being used by our son. YMMV Harald Portig On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 21:03:30, "Gnaea" wrote: > Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am > having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when I try to > upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to reformat the > drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me know. Thanks. > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: derek.vance.steel@natureboy.dyn.tj 11-Oct-99 08:41:04 To: All 11-Oct-99 10:31:03 Subj: os2 upgrade From: derek.vance.steel@natureboy.dyn.tj Hello "Gnaea". 08 Oct 99 15:03, you wrote to All: I remember reading about a bug in HPFS in the stock version of warp 4.0, you need to the get the update, unfortunately I don't have the url for the device driver/warp fixpack site. I am sure that someone will have that url handy. When you copy the new version of the hpfs.dll to the floppy, you must also put "SET COPYFROMFLOPPY=1" in the config.sys that is on "Disk 1". While your at it, updating the install disks, you might as well get the updated IDE device drivers to handle Hard drives larger than 8.4 gig. This could also be part of the problem why Warp 4 won't recognize the partition. I was not able to install or create partitions on the drive until these new IDE drivers were used. Gg> Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but Gg> am having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when Gg> I try to upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to Gg> reformat the drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me Gg> know. Thanks. Derek --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Starfire Couriers (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ysme@sympatico.ca 11-Oct-99 12:50:09 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: netscape fixpack From: ysme@sympatico.ca In , doug.bissett"at"attglobal.net (Doug Bissett) writes: >On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:45:04, "Gnaea" wrote: > >> because that site completely sucks. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I agree. Many sites are crossed linked, and many links are not found a few weeks ago. Many sites want a OS/2 non-compatible Java responce. > >The fix packs (at least some of the later ones) have been uploaded to >HOBBES (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/). Get, and install both Fix Pack12 and >the Device driver fix pack1. You will also need the CSF 1.41 package >(which may be included in the ZIP files, I haven't looked at what has >been uploaded to HOBBES). > >I think that saying the IBM website "sucks" is a little bit of >exageration. It is not all that easy to navigate, unless you >understand what you are looking at, but it is complete, and it is a >good place to find things like fix packs. > Have you ever done a Search on IBM websites? OS/2, OS2, FIXPAK, FIXPACK ect often have NO HITS. The Local and LD dial up IBM BBSs have closed down this last summer. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: HARNESS the ABILITY dial up BBS 1-416-604-1221 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: ysme@sympatico.ca 11-Oct-99 12:51:29 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:19 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: ysme@sympatico.ca In <7tlmaj$l7h$1@k2.vii.com>, "Gnaea" writes: >Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am >having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when I try to >upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to reformat the >drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me know. Thanks. > > Reformat the drive, if 3 was HP. I think 4 needs a larger boot sector. As I recall, I had the same problem. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: HARNESS the ABILITY dial up BBS 1-416-604-1221 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: TheCentralScrutinizer.166@pobox.com 11-Oct-99 14:45:24 To: All 11-Oct-99 14:43:20 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: TheCentralScrutinizer.166@pobox.com () On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:03:30 -0600, Gnaea wrote: >Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am Nope. Nobody here has ever installed warp 4. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: http://extra.newsguy.com (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: james.arnold@!!!usa.net 11-Oct-99 19:43:05 To: All 11-Oct-99 17:05:23 Subj: Re: PostRoad Mailer through Proxy Server From: james.arnold@!!!usa.net In , tvoltagg@home.com writes: >Has anyone been able to use Post Road Mailer through a Proxy Server? >I have not been able to. I used to run PRM 3.0 through the Igate proxy server that I ran on an OS/2 Warp connect box. Once it was set up I had no problems. What Proxy Server are you trying to connect through? As I recall in the PRM setting for mail server you enter the proxy server's name; for userid you enter "YourUserID@MailServer"; for password your password for your mail server. At least that is how it worked for Igate. Jim =========================================================================== remove !!! for e-mail James Arnold email: james.arnold@usa.net ICQ: 9719182 Member Toronto OS/2 User Group Brought to you by the letters O S the number 2 and NR/2 =========================================================================== --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Sympatico (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: jcvfbq@heal.com 11-Oct-99 20:55:06 To: All 11-Oct-99 19:55:28 Subj: it MAY be very important to you. 6808 From: jcvfbq@heal.com pfogpkrdtspenfczmjw --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Thyssen Informatik GmbH (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tvoltagg@home.com 11-Oct-99 21:39:27 To: All 11-Oct-99 19:55:28 Subj: Re: PostRoad Mailer through Proxy Server From: tvoltagg@home.com Thanks. Finally got it. I needed to make my userid: [myid]#mail. The # sign was needed instead of the @ sign. In , james.arnold@!!!usa.net writes: >In , tvoltagg@home.com writes: >>Has anyone been able to use Post Road Mailer through a Proxy Server? >>I have not been able to. > > I used to run PRM 3.0 through the Igate proxy server that I ran on an >OS/2 Warp connect box. Once it was set up I had no problems. > > What Proxy Server are you trying to connect through? > > As I recall in the PRM setting for mail server you enter the proxy server's >name; for userid you enter "YourUserID@MailServer"; for password your password >for your mail server. At least that is how it worked for Igate. > > Jim > > >=========================================================================== >remove !!! for e-mail >James Arnold email: james.arnold@usa.net > ICQ: 9719182 > > Member Toronto OS/2 User Group > >Brought to you by the letters O S the number 2 and NR/2 >=========================================================================== > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Team OS/2 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: hjmurray@home.com 12-Oct-99 19:41:18 To: All 12-Oct-99 23:18:16 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: "Hal Murray" > On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 15:03:30 -0600, Gnaea wrote: > >Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am > I did following the release of Warp 4. I was running Warp 3 with Windows (Blue spline box) and installed Warp4 over it without any difficulty. If I was installing Warp 4 over Warp 3 without Windows (Red spline box) but had a previous install of Windows on my system I think I would backup what I needed in Windows and delete it. Warp 4 will install a more integrated Windows 3.1 environment on your HD. Hal Murray Calgary, AB --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: @Home Network Canada (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: helle05@ibm.net 12-Oct-99 19:43:24 To: All 13-Oct-99 03:37:03 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: "Thomas A. Heller" I didn't "upgrade", so much as I migrated from Warp 3 to Warp 4 on my all-HPFS system. I had each set up in its own partition, capable of running any OS/2 or WinOS2 application (which resided on yet another partition, with my data files). I took my time in getting accustomed enough with Warp 4 before removing Warp 3 (and its Windows directory.) So, if you've got the disk space to do it, you might consider this (gentler) approach. Gnaea wrote: > > Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am > having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when I try to > upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to reformat the > drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me know. Thanks. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: EarthLink Network, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: helle05@ibm.net 12-Oct-99 23:07:12 To: All 13-Oct-99 06:16:02 Subj: Re: PostRoad Mailer through Proxy Server From: "Thomas A. Heller" Sounds like this might be of interest to me....but I'm not clear on what advantage running a mail client trhough a proxy server may be. (I've been researching Junkbusters, so am I correct to surmise that a proxy server setup for e-mail may enable more robust screening of incoming stuff?) tvoltagg@home.com wrote: > > Thanks. Finally got it. I needed to make my userid: [myid]#mail. The # > sign was needed instead of the @ sign. > > In , james.arnold@!!!usa.net writes: > >In , tvoltagg@home.com writes: > >>Has anyone been able to use Post Road Mailer through a Proxy Server? > >>I have not been able to. > > > > I used to run PRM 3.0 through the Igate proxy server that I ran on an > >OS/2 Warp connect box. Once it was set up I had no problems. > > > > What Proxy Server are you trying to connect through? > > > > As I recall in the PRM setting for mail server you enter the proxy server's > >name; for userid you enter "YourUserID@MailServer"; for password your password > >for your mail server. At least that is how it worked for Igate. > > > > Jim > > > > > >=========================================================================== > >remove !!! for e-mail > >James Arnold email: james.arnold@usa.net > > ICQ: 9719182 > > > > Member Toronto OS/2 User Group > > > >Brought to you by the letters O S the number 2 and NR/2 > >=========================================================================== > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: EarthLink Network, Inc. (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: tvoltagg@home.com 13-Oct-99 11:14:17 To: All 13-Oct-99 10:22:20 Subj: Re: PostRoad Mailer through Proxy Server From: tvoltagg@home.com I only do this so that both my peer machines can access my cable modem (at the same time). One peer machine has the cable modem and the other is connected in a peer network. In <3803F76D.6BC96CCB@ibm.net>, "Thomas A. Heller" writes: >Sounds like this might be of interest to me....but >I'm not clear on what advantage running a mail >client trhough a proxy server may be. (I've been >researching Junkbusters, so am I correct to surmise >that a proxy server setup for e-mail may enable more >robust screening of incoming stuff?) > >tvoltagg@home.com wrote: >> >> Thanks. Finally got it. I needed to make my userid: [myid]#mail. The # >> sign was needed instead of the @ sign. >> >> In , james.arnold@!!!usa.net writes: >> >In , tvoltagg@home.com writes: >> >>Has anyone been able to use Post Road Mailer through a Proxy Server? >> >>I have not been able to. >> > >> > I used to run PRM 3.0 through the Igate proxy server that I ran on an >> >OS/2 Warp connect box. Once it was set up I had no problems. >> > >> > What Proxy Server are you trying to connect through? >> > >> > As I recall in the PRM setting for mail server you enter the proxy server's >> >name; for userid you enter "YourUserID@MailServer"; for password your password >> >for your mail server. At least that is how it worked for Igate. >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > >> >=========================================================================== >> >remove !!! for e-mail >> >James Arnold email: james.arnold@usa.net >> > ICQ: 9719182 >> > >> > Member Toronto OS/2 User Group >> > >> >Brought to you by the letters O S the number 2 and NR/2 >> >=========================================================================== >> > > --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Team OS/2 (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: luistino@my-deja.com 13-Oct-99 13:55:26 To: All 13-Oct-99 14:36:18 Subj: Re: os2 upgrade From: luistino Gnaea wrote: > > Has anyone ever upgraded warp3 to warp 4? I am trying to do so, but am > having problems. I am currently running warp 3 with HPFS and when I try to > upgrade Warp 4 does not recognize the partition and wants to reformat the > drive. If you have any insight on the matter pls let me know. Thanks. I ran osdelete.exe, this got rid of warp3 without touching data or other program files. Then installed warp 4. I had a few hang ups, so I backed up data I did not want to loose, and installed warp 4 using selective install and let it reformat the partition. I the re installed all of the programs and utilities. Its been good to me ever since. --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: luistino@my-deja.com 15-Oct-99 14:28:18 To: All 15-Oct-99 14:34:17 Subj: Slow Connection From: luistino Its like watching grass grow! I connect at 49.333 v.42bis, but my downloads are at 1.0k/sec. I am using a pentuin 120 with 32 meb. warp 4 fp 12, NS4.61 GA, Injoy 2.3. Modem is an IBM PCI internal 56k V90 protocol. My ISP is Bellatlantic.net Injoy reports avrage rates of a round 2000 and maximums of 8000. Using IBM's other dialers does not result in faster access When using native WIN 3.11 I connect at the same rate and get really fast responses. Bell Atlantic's Shiva Dialer reports rates in the high 20,000 low 30s, and I have seen 45 or 49000 at times. All polite suggestions gratefully received --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Origin Line 1 Goes Here (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From: mchasson@ibm.net 15-Oct-99 15:00:15 To: All 15-Oct-99 21:58:14 Subj: Re: Slow Connection From: mchasson@ibm.net In <38073908.A3A9E03B@my-deja.com>, on 10/15/99 at 02:28 PM, luistino said: >Its like watching grass grow! >I connect at 49.333 v.42bis, but my downloads are at 1.0k/sec. I am using >a pentuin 120 with 32 meb. warp 4 fp 12, NS4.61 GA, Injoy 2.3. Modem is >an IBM PCI internal 56k V90 protocol. My ISP is >Bellatlantic.net >Injoy reports avrage rates of a round 2000 and maximums of 8000. Using >IBM's other dialers does not result in faster access >When using native WIN 3.11 I connect at the same rate and get really fast >responses. Bell Atlantic's Shiva Dialer reports rates in the high 20,000 >low 30s, and I have seen 45 or 49000 at times. >All polite suggestions gratefully received It may be a modem problem even though it is the same modem for both op sys. Can you disable v.42 and see if this will help. It did for me when I first logged on with a USR(3Com) clone which was enabled for both x2 and v.90. Then you may find that your BA version of the dialer is specific for one of the two protocols and your OS2 dialer is not. In my case, leaving the modem enabled for v.42 as well as both x2 and v.90 caused it to lose carrier in a couple of ten seconds. I was advised to disable v.42 and this made my connects more secure. Then I discovered that IBM (or BA) net servers gave up very quickly on resolving which connection, (v.90 or x2) to make and quickly fell back to 28.8. I fixed this by disabling v.90, since this network is native to x2 and likes it better. Ever since I connect at 53300 and 54600 consistently. There should be information in your modem docs for the s register commands to try. -- ---------------------------------------------------- ------ Monroe Chasson mchasson@ibm.net ----------------------------------------------------------- MR2ICE reg#51 --- WtrGate+ v0.93.p7 sn 165 * Origin: Usenet: Global Network Services - Remote Access Mail & Ne (1:109/42) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +============================================================================+