Modem Dial-up --Win98se & XP

[D_Spider]

Re Win98se When my old 300W power supply died, it took out my v92 modem, so I got another one, installed it, etc. I had been using a dialer that also re-dials anytime the connection fails, and since I've had the new power supply (450W) I've not been disconnected. I thought I could not-use the dialer and have one less thing running, but... When I used just the Windows connect-to-the-internet, my best connection speed was 41K. I've since resumed using the dialer, because it connects at a faster speed, and I can tell it to connect at a minimum speed, which I've set to 45K and I usually connect at 46.7K. Now, I am wondering why the regular Windows connection-maker cannot connect at higher than 41K, when clearly the modem can. Is this something peculiar to W98se? (To set up that connection, I went to Control Panel > Internet Options > Connections > setup tab; then I made a shortcut the target of which was a .dun file Windows put in my root C: directory.) Anyone have any ideas?

:hmm:

Re XP modem installations! I had gone to the modem's mfgr's site (BestData.com) to look for new drivers and saw something very interesting. BestData has a special XP driver, because if you use the regular modem driver that XP uses when it detects and installs your v.92|v.44 modem, your modem will behave like a v.90 (noticeably slower connection speed; I don't know if the modem will also behave like a pre-v.44 with not-so-great data compression but I suspect so). So, if you have XP and a newer v.92|v.44 modem, you may want to check for drivers that are better than the ones that come with XP....

[randiroo76073]

Thanks for the update DS, have you tried using Cablenut modem tweaker: http://www.cablenut.com/
I'm still using an old Askey v90 and I bumped my speed from 38000 to 44000+ :) With your new modems you might get "56000" :cjlol:

[D_Spider]

"56000" :cjlol:

Sure, even though the govt limits it to 53000. I downloaded Cablenut & the update for it. Thanks!! Will let you know...

:idea: Why do I get my hopes up? It connected me at 45,300 but no faster. With my dialer I can get 46,667. I think the telephone lines between me and the ISP's number are deficient, or normal (same thing).

[randiroo76073]

I hear "the telephone lines" I've had a runnig battle w/Verison for a yr now :mad:

[pjbealer]

Installed Cablenut but could not see any difference. I normally connect at 28.8(Rural area) so I use Propel Accelerator and except for downloading I average 3.5 times increase. I have measured this on several online tests, so it is valid. Boy can I tell the difference when the service goes down(rarely). Costs $4.95 monthly and I can beat DSL speeds quite often. Have had spurts up to 285. I recommend it to anyone who does not have Broadband available.

[randiroo76073]

DS, can you get me a screenshot of cablenut without tweaks[ie; remove tweaks and then hit current settings] I had to fiddle for awhile to optomize my settings from standard css file, maybe I can give you some help on this, I'll at least try to get you a bump up from 46+ to better