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- From: gbaron@sparc.isl.net (Gilbert Baron)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Refusing 14.4 and forcing 28.8 connection with USR Sportster under Win95
- Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 12:16:32 GMT
- Organization: InfoNet Inc.
- Message-ID: <31650eab.3720791@news.isl.net>
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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.
- >
- >Thanks.
- >
- >
- >P.S.--If you could, please also send a private reply with your response to this
- >posting.
- >
-
-
- Most modesm have an init string for this. On my supra it is
-
- +MS=,,28800,28800
-
- Which means minimum and maximum connect speeds are 28.8. Check you
- manual. It will refuse connection saying it did not answer and the
- program will have to redial.
- --
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