[wellylug] Sluggish Modem

Jethro Carr dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz
Tue Jul 13 17:36:43 NZST 2004


> Jethro
> This can be caused by a number of things.
> 1. Is this a line you use regularly and get better performance from? If you
> have not used this line then check by putting a different machine with a
> standard modem on the line and see what you get.
> 2. The modem may have been detected correctly but the default rates for
> packet size may be
> 	- Too big, if line quality is poor
> 	- Too small, if the modem negotiation is not correctly happening
> 3. The modem may have been correctly detected but the configuration
> defaulted to a slower modem speed (some do as a precaution and expect you to
> tweak it later)
> 4. The TTY rate may be set at 9600 which is the rate between your machine
> and the modem itself. Check this is as fast as reasonable (115200) in the
> TTY settings for the modem
> 


The line is fine, I use it all the time, and the modem works full speed
in windows.

/etc/wvdial.conf is set to 115200.




thanks,

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-- Jethro

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