On Sunday 08 July 2001 11:07, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> 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?
Generally yes..... and most will 're-train' (move to higher/lower speed if
the line quality changes.
This is why you might notice some 'hiccups' (line seems dead) for 5 to 10
seconds from time to time.
While I was on vacation, I bought a new 56K USRobotics modem for a friend. I
installed it. It was getting connections in the 53k or even 54K range (so it
said). I was impressed. But in some sessions with the modem, the
interruptions were so often that I really thought it would be more efficient
to be at a lower general speed. (which I think could be accomplished by
telling the modem not to connect at anything higher than nnK like maybe 48K)
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+ Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 07/08/01 12:18 +
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