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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm
- Subject: Re: 9600 better than 28800?
- Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 08:32:04 -0500
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- Jomo (jbrandt@cris.com) wrote:
- : I have a curious problem. When I connect to my ISP from home, I get on
- : at 9600 bps. This is cool because at home I use a TI laptop (Win 3.1,
- : wfxcomm.drv) with an internal V.32 modem that maxes out at 9600. My
- : modem string at home includes error correction and compression.
- :
- : When I connect to the ISP at work (using same POP#) I get a 26,400 bps
- : connect - with my USR Sportster 28800 - internal. The connection also
- : includes error correction and compression.
- :
- : The problem is that my home connection has BETTER throughput! The laptop
- : is a 486 DX2/50, while I'm using a P90 (WFWG 3.11, comm.drv) at work. Go
- : figure. I'm getting all kind of CRC errors and overruns on the machine
- : at work. I guess that could be at fault. I'm using both a Matrox
- : Millenium and an Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI adapter at work, and I hear that
- : either of these could be messing with my comms. I've tried a bunch of
- : stuff from the NAVAS FAQ, like enabling FIFO's and increasing buffer
- : size. What next? HELP!!!
-
- Try limiting the connect speed from work. Bring it down to 24000 or 21600
- or even 19200 using the &N settings. See if that improves things. You
- might also be suffering from line problems at work which do not limit
- connect rates but interfere with data transfer, check your ati6 display
- after a call and see if you don't have a lot of Blers and Link Naks.
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