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Article #2870Re: Different Connection Speeds
From: CBFalconer
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:26
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:26
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Graham W wrote: > CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> muttered something about: > > Graham W wrote: > [...] > >> On a Windows machine, this initial speed is reported by hovering > >> the mouse pointer over the modem icon in the System Tray. > > > > Not here it doesn't. It shows the port link speed, which is 115 > > Kbaud here. I am using a real modem, not a winmodem, and that > > might make a difference. > > In which case you need to add W2 (rarely W1) to the Extra settings > box to get the speed reported as line speed instead of port speed. I'll try to remember that if I ever need it in the future. As it is everything works fine, and I just use the mating sounds to decide if I have a (rare) bad connection and to retry. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer@yahoo.com) (cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> USE worldnet address!
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