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In article <sph.802710203@doc.ic.ac.uk>,
sph@doc.ic.ac.uk (Simon Hughes) wrote:

> How do all you net-folks out there know what speed your modem is operating
> at, what the packet loss is like etc.?  I can get a character per second
> measurement from, say, netscape or fetch but that's just about the only
> diagnostic I can find for my internet connection.

Some modems display connection information on LED/LC displays and some 
internal modems may come with software that could track this sort of 
information (possibly the GeoPort stuff may have some way of tracking as 
well.) So far as I can see though there is no easy way to get this state 
data when you have a modem attached by a serial cable.  There is no 
recognised way for the modem to communicate, in band, with the serial 
port software telling it state changes. It may be your LAP software will 
allow you to do this manually though. I use VersaTerm SLIP and that 
allows you to open a terminal window and view the raw connection data - 
you can then type a <pause>+++<pause> and get the modem into command mode 
and query it with an "ati6".

-Alan.


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