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- From: elf@cybergate.com (Darren Tuetken)
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- Subject: Re: Refusing 14.4 and forcing 28.8 connection with USR Sportster under Win95
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 02:52:11 GMT
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- Meursault@mail.utexas.edu (Steven S. Fang) wrote:
-
- >Hello.
-
- >I have a US Robotics Sportser 28.8 modem and I am running Windows95. I use the
- >32-bit TCP/IP capabilities that came with Windows95 to connect to my Internet
- >service provider.
-
- >About half of my ISP's modems are 28.8 while the others are 14.4, but both
- >types are connected to the one and only dial-in line. It's extremely
- >frustrating when I connect at only 14.4. The only way I know how to force a
- >26.4+ connection now is to disconnect whenever I get (or "hear") a 14.4
- >connection and keep re-dialing until I get a 26.4+ connection. That gets to be
- >rather tedious. So ...
-
- >Does anyone know of a simpler approach? For instance, is there a scripting
- >utility that I can use to perform that tedious task for me? Any help would be
- >much appreciated.
-
- Although I haven't tried this myself, the manual for my USR 28.8 says
- to use the following switch
-
- &N13 (demand 26,400 bps)
- &N14 (demand 28,800 bps)
-
- I don't see a switch that will allow for either.
-
- Add your favorite to your init string.
-
-
- Darren
-
- "Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
- on a traffic island stopped
- and he raved of saving me" -- N. Merchant
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