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"Lawrence Groves" <lgroves@mail.hadenmac.com> wrote in message
news:984vvb$dja$1@soap.pipex.net...
> "Karl Tremain" <x@x.x> wrote in message
> news:983921900.3790.0.nnrp-08.9e984b4b@news.demon.co.uk...
> > just a quick question
> >
> > im using windows 2000 server (sp1) and the BT Speedway ISDN card
> >
> > which option should i choose for Link Compression:
> >
> > (taken from webpassword/advanced)
> > Select Link Compression:     None Stac Draft-9 MS-Stac
> >
> > and once chosen on demon's site do i need to change anything in the
> dial-up
> > settings?
>
> Windows2000 doesn't support any of the options offered by Demon directly.
> That's because MS removed STAC compression when the moved from NT to 2000.

so would you reccommend that i wipe my server & install nt4sp6? because i
can and will do that if it means a potentially faster connection :)

> However, 2000 can negotiate compression with the kit at certain ROMPs. I
> successfully use the Blue ROMP with compression under 2000. I have my
> compression option on the WebPassword page set to 'MS-STAC'.
>
> NOTE: a lot of the other ROMP's kit will not negotiate this new type of
> compression (for example, the surftime numbers IIRC). So the most
important
> thing to check is the number you are dialling.
>
> I would suggest you get it working with Blue first, then try the other
> ROMPs. If you need any more help with configuration settings (or how to
> setup dual channel or bandwidth on demand under 2000 etc) let me know.

i only use the blue romp occasionally for dual isdn when i want to d/l a
large file quickly, i mainly sit on the surftime isdn number - i would like
to get compression enabled on the surftime number and as i said above, i
will install nt4 if thats what it takes to achieve this.  or would there be
some other way of doing it? hardware? 3rd party software util?

does the bt speedway card support any form of hardware compression? if not
are there any other TA's on the market that do (and of course work perfectly
with demon :)

TIA
KArl