Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:09:32 -0500 From: "Lawrence Hughes" <lawrence.hughes@mindspring.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Connect speed on FreeBSD. Message-ID: <00e401be3d9e$4e4f0080$3a01010a@lhughes.secureit.com>
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On the contrary - I routinely connect to my ISP (Mindspring) with my
USR v.90 modem at 57600 baud ("56k"). Sometimes I get a bum
line and it connects at a lesser speed, but not often. I probably get
in at 56K 95% of the time. This also used to work with an older USR
x2 modem (before they upgraded it to V.90 for free). Disclaimer: I
do live in Atlanta (Mindspring's host city), and in a fairly new subdivision
out in the "burbs" (Alpharetta).
How about the rest of you? Most of the time? Sometimes? Hardly ever?
Starting to wonder why you laid out extra $$$ for 56K?
Are you using v.90? x2? k56flex?
-----Original Message-----
From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
To: Quintin Oliver <quintin@smlt.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: Connect speed on FreeBSD.
>
>> We run a local ISP powered by FreeBSD 2.2.8 and 3.0, our users connect to
>> FreeBSD on 2.2.8 on modem dial. The modems are Modular Technologies V.90
>> compliant, however, many of our users have reported that they can only
>> connect at about 31k to 35k a second, that is there actuall connect speed
>> NOT BANDWIDTH from the net. I've checked our configuation over and over
>> again, we are using Mgetty and we are asking it to connect the users at
>> 57600??
>
> I am by no means an expert here, BUT, in my area nobody can
>connect at 56k because the phone lines and the phone company's equipment
>aren't the latest and greatest. Even with perfect line conditions I
>barely ever see anything past about 41k or so, and I've got a 56k modem
>hooked into a ISDN modem with digital lines.
>
>
> Rick
>
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