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- From: "Albert P. Belle Isle" <belleisl@cerberus-sys.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.winsock,alt.winsock.trumpet,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Is 2K(bytes) per second avg reasonable x-fer rate for 28,800 V34 modem?
- Date: 3 Feb 1996 15:50:33 GMT
- Organization: Cerberus Systems, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4f0089$elu@caesar.ultra.net>
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- Curtis Spivey <4him@rmci.net> wrote:
- >I also have a 28.8 modem. If there any program out there that can
- >moniter your transfer rate. I have a modem moniter but it only shows
- >the TD and RD as flashes. All these pages take over 5 minutes each to
- >download! If this is fast I hate to think what slow would be. Any help
- >out there.
- >
- >
-
- Curtis:
-
- If you're a Trumpet WinSock user, you can use TCPmeter to get a graphical
- diplay of real-time rate of bytes/sec of data transfer up at the TCP
- layer, which is the end result of what's happening down at your data link
- (modem/RS232 port) layer. Obviously, Netscape Navigator and WS_FTP have
- numerical download speed read-outs which show the same thing.
-
- You can also use the latest version of Ted Johannson's Modem Status
- (v1.8) to monitor the rate at which bits come over the com port, averaged
- up to twice-per-second in a numerical display (which also shows the
- overhead bits and bytes - not just the actual TCP data - so it appears a
- little faster).
-
- There's no way you can monitor the actual modem-to-modem rate from inside
- your computer. The best you can do is to suspend SLIP/PPP and put it into
- command mode (usually with a "+++") and use whatever diagnostic command
- it has to see the rates at which is was just transmitting and receiving.
- (ATi6 for a Sportster.)
-
- Unfortunately, while some SLIP implementations will then let you return
- to on-line (with ATO), PPP will have hung-up on you.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- Al
-
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