Re: Modem Line Speeds, was Re: kppp on valium

[Tony Alfrey]

On Sunday 08 July 2001 02:11 am, Mike Andrew wrote:
> On Sunday 08 July 2001 14:45, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > Both distros now set at 38K.  I'll try 57K, but they already act
> > differently.
>
> You MUST set your "line speed" to "one more" than your "connection
> speed". Period. How much 'more' is immaterial. If you fail to do so,
> you will never, and can *never* transmit or recieve at the
> 'connection speed', only something slower.
<snip of information re: compression, 8 vs 10 bits, etc)

Is the modem smart enough to know when the phone line is capable 
(bandwidth-wise) of supporting a high data rate?

-- 
Tony Alfrey
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