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Modem slow
Name: HarryTasker Date: December 9, 2002 at 04:10:34 Pacific OS: RedHat 8.0 CPU/Ram: 686/ 512
Comment:
Hi folks. Gotta problem with my modem connection to the internet net in redhat8.0. The TransferSpeed on the Com Port seems to - Kppp says so - be set to 9600. How can I change it?
Or is there another way, to speed up the connection to the www in redhat8.0. I'm thinking of mounting the modem or something like this.
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