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Re: Apple modem speed settings

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From: John VanKammen
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <01bb9edd$afc7f9a0$28073acb@lirving.tpgi.com.au>, "Wayne 
Irving" <lirving@tpgi.com.au> wrote:

>I am not a mac user but have a friend who is and has a problem
>
>She has a 28800 bps modem but can only connect at 19200

What brand and type of modem??

>We thought it might be bad phone lines so we brought it to my place
>where I get 28800 all the time and could only get 19200
>
>the only setup options we can find are in freeppp goes 19200, 34400, 56000 

Actually, the port speed options in FreePPP are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,
19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 and 230400.

>These would be port settings and on windows you set the port to at least
>twice the modem speed

Use 57600 or 115200, and check to see if the proper init string is entered.
If you are not sure of the correct string, select auto-detect within the
modem settings in FreePPP

-- 
John A. VanKammen alias "jamminvk", future WebMaster

mailto:jamminvk@execpc.com or mailto:vankammenj@vms.csd.mu.edu

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From: jamminvk@execpc.com (John VanKammen)
Subject: Re: Apple modem speed settings
Date: 1996/09/11
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