Modem Connection speeds

I got here two computers both running Windows 98. As we do not have high-speed anything available here, all connections to the internet must be via telephone lines. Dial-up. Each of which seem to run at different speeds.

They are both in same room, both connected in to same wall socket. The faster one is connected direct into the wall, the slower and more reliable one is daisy-chained off the end of it.

The faster one in running Windows 98 SE and I.E. Five.
The older slower one is running Windows 98 and I.E. 4.5

How do I make the computer with the faster CPU run faster in the Modem department? Is there some sort of setting that I can alter? For according to the little twin green monitors inthe lower right corner it is only running at 14,400 baud much of the time now.

Or, is the modem going south instead?

Wm.

Actual Modem speed is affected by any number of things, from the condition of the phone lines to the number of phones connected to the line ahead of the Modem connection. That's not to mention the physical distance from your current location to the Main Phone Company Facility.

As an example, I live in Salem,OR, approximately 4 miles from the Main Offices of QWEST. Currently my connect speed is 49333bps. I used to live 1.5 miles from QWEST with a consistent connect speed of 53600bps

There are also internal causes of Modem problems. The link below provides some tests you can run and other troubleshooting tips.

http://www.modemsite.com/56k/troubl...

One thing that should help is upgrading IE on both machines to IE6 SP1, then goto Windows update & get the latest security updates.

This link will provide a link to MS to download IE6 SP1 and some helpful hints on installing the full version and saving the download to CD for future use.

Daisy chaining modems is probably not the best Idea. Have you considered setting up a Network with your Machines?

Hope this helps.db

There is nothing to learn from someone who already agrees with you.

look in device manager, and post what model modem you have. Maybe it's not a 56k modem?

larry

When you say daisy chained do you mean that you have an adapter at the wall for both to connect to the same wall jack?

Coos, you didn't mention what modem is in each computer.

Life's more painless for the brainless.

Coos, modems do not go slower as they age. They just quit one day with no notice at all. Worsening connections cause modems to slow down with age however perhaps you need to polish the phone line connections a bit by unplugging and plugging them back in, repeat until bored.

"daisy-chained off the end of it" What is "it" exactly?

The different modems may be the reason, different connections to phone line may be it, different IE versions may be it. A proper solution would include making much of the systems you have to be more the same instead of so much different?

Lee

Problem got solved just two days ago. The real solution was miles from here.

Everything was getting slower and slower as mentioned. Then it quit altogether. A simple telephone call to the ISP (Hunn, problems?) and am now again going as fast as when.

Wm.

"The faster one in running Windows 98 SE and I.E. Five.
The older slower one is running Windows 98 and I.E. 4.5"

http://www.opera.com/download/

use the classic installer,no problem with 180mb of ram or even 128, maybe older versions if short on ram

larry