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- From: njones@netway.ab.ca (Neal Jones)
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- Subject: Re: Refusing 14.4 and forcing 28.8 connection with USR Sportster under Win95
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 06:28:53 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.
-
- under modem properties, where you set your modem's speed (presumable
- 57600) there is a checkmark box to "only connect at this speed"
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