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- From: strudeau@babylon5.ultranet.com (Scot J. Trudeau)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Winsock Baud Rate? Sportster 28.8
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 21:44:13 GMT
- Organization: Babylon 5 Command and Control
- Message-ID: <4chhrb$lgm@caesar.ultra.net>
- References: <4ce6sr$6lp@post.acadia.net>
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- In message <4ce6sr$6lp@post.acadia.net>,
- Paulb@post.acadia.net (Paul Barufaldi) wrote:
-
- >I just upgraded from an infotel 14.4 to us robotics 28.8. MAN what a
- >difference - my downloads are at least three times faster now!
-
- Well, actually, twice the speed would be the max. Unless of course
- that infotel was an RPI modem and you didn't use the proper software,
- thereby ending up in transfers of 1300cps or less. :)
-
- >Question: My service provider recommended a winsock baud setting of
- >57,600 or something for my new modem. I tried 115,200 baud which
- >worked faster but caused overload messages in winsock and kept
- >pausing, whick auctually slowed. 107,000 works pretty good. I have a
- >p90 with 8megs, can anyone recommend an optimal speed?
-
- Is 107,000 a proper port speed? I use 57600 with my USR Courier and
- have had no problems. On your computer, the 115.2k speed doesn't seem
- possible. You could probably configure .ini files and what not to try
- to prevent the Winsock messages. Check out the two FAQ's available:
-
- http://www.teleport.com/~curt/modems.html
- 28800 Modem FAQ: http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
-
-
- --
- Scot J. Trudeau
- scot.trudeau@swcbbs.com
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