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Help - 56K modem *terrible* speeds
Name: Alex2002 Date: April 18, 2004 at 04:12:25 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: 2400XP
Comment:
Got a 56K modem for this machine recently but its performance is terrible. Sites take forever to load and it's always disconnecting. It's a Kobian HPI56A type, I wondered what could the possible problems be?
Name: Petra Date: April 18, 2004 at 04:24:43 Pacific
Reply:
Have you got all the settings right? Might be a good idea to call your ISP's helpdesk.
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Response Number 2
Name: Alex2002 Date: April 18, 2004 at 04:28:48 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, the settings should be alright. I have checked and they seem fine. We used to have an AMR (or CNR not sure which) modem in the machine with the old mother board that worked fine, but this PCI one has not worked properly since I got it. Could it be wrong drivers?
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Response Number 3
Name: mercho Date: April 18, 2004 at 04:35:14 Pacific
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have u been to the device manager to check that it is running corrctly, and that it has no conflicts etc??
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Response Number 4
Name: Petra Date: April 18, 2004 at 04:39:22 Pacific
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Possibly. It could be that you need to find an updated driver.
www.driverguide.com is a good place to look for the right one.
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Response Number 5
Name: Alex2002 Date: April 18, 2004 at 05:49:04 Pacific
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Hi,
was able to find a new driver (from 2003) which seems to be working much better! Juts out of interest, there's a new option in the modem properties, "Quick Connect" - at the risk of sounding stupid what does this actually do?
Cheers
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Response Number 6
Name: jam Date: April 18, 2004 at 06:46:47 Pacific
Reply:
Quick connect is part of v.92...it's supposed to do just as it's name implies
http://www.intracities.com/v92/quickconnect.html
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Response Number 7
Name: butzabear Date: April 18, 2004 at 11:54:11 Pacific
Reply:
If you'd like to check your Internet speeds check out http://speedtest.cogeco.net.
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