Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

[rik tindall]

Douglas Royds wrote:

I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, 
and I successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal.

Suggestions? 

I solved this by ignoring the "Network" GUI configurator (stop it from 
dialling automatically), and opening a terminal screen. Wvdial command 
should run, but needs configuring - you have to draft in the 
/etc/wvdial.conf file - I'll mail you my template offlist if required. 
Permission & group for this should be user, though root will work 
(security hole thus?)

That's it. ~$wvdial feeds you back the connect speed, and the fastest 
performance I have seen from my (33K6) card.

hth, Rik