DerkPY Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 I have a 56k modem as my default modem. I also have another modem on my mother board. Lately, the dial-up conncetion status has been saying that the connection is 115k. This is strange and could be a fault, but web pages have been faster loading up, and downloading is fast as hell. What has happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 perhaps you are insane? :bandit: tho if you have an external modem it could be showing the speed of modem->b0x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Call your ISP or telephone line provider, they will be sure to help ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkPY Posted June 7, 2002 Author Share Posted June 7, 2002 Originally posted by Max perhaps you are insane? :bandit: Maybe, I do often have indepth conversations with a little green man called Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 This has happened to me as well on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpse Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Yeah it's quite cool. One time I dowloaded at 50KB/sec on a 56k modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkPY Posted June 7, 2002 Author Share Posted June 7, 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linsook Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 the best i ever did was 20 KB/s for 5 minutes then it stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Originally posted by PigeonHead Me to a few days ago now back to 48. with a zoom v92 I think it just has to do with how you hook up with the isp I went to a web page that tested speed of your modem and my modem test at 48 and my modem was saying 115 sorry i cant be of more help like to know more myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaronf Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 I also once had a Win 98 setup which showed BS reading of modem connection. I think it's a win 98/ISP deal, your modem and their modem "handshake" in a way which results in a false reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted June 7, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 7, 2002 maybe cuz its displaying bps now? whats that in Kb/s or KB/s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 I agree i think its the handshake if it was multilink then i would understand. did the same to me with XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathLace Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 It's the handshake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnCoKiLLa Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 It is possable that both modems are running at the same time and are boasting up the signal............and yes it can be done in windows...........A Tech told me me this long time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xEonBuRn Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Yeah, that's not your real connection speed... first of all, it says "bps" meaning BITS PER SECOND... not KILOBITS per second, and certainly not KILOBYTES per second... this number is displayed when the drivers you use for your modem don't let you properly detect the speed you are connected at. I had the same thing happen to me with an old US Robotics modem after I upgraded my PC to Windows 98. Maybe try getting some up-to-date drivers... damn, never said broadband users to do a dialup user's job... swear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkPY Posted June 7, 2002 Author Share Posted June 7, 2002 Originally posted by JnCoKiLLa It is possable that both modems are running at the same time and are boasting up the signal............and yes it can be done in windows...........A Tech told me me this long time ago How do I do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xEonBuRn Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 there's a builtin feature somewhere in dialup networking... this option has to be supported by the ISP... the theory is similar to connection sharing but on their end, since both modems have to dial in to the same account on their network. plus, you have to have more than one modem installed in ur computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radixvir Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 haha you guys... 115kps is between your modem and your computer. its not your line. theres an extra command you put into your dialup preferences that will make it display the actual connection speed. newer os's set it by default but i remember my win95 + 98 would always report 115kps. cant defy the laws of physics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radixvir Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Originally posted by xEonBuRn there's a builtin feature somewhere in dialup networking... this option has to be supported by the ISP... the theory is similar to connection sharing but on their end, since both modems have to dial in to the same account on their network. plus, you have to have more than one modem installed in ur computer. it was called 'shotgun' and close to no isps supported it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YahoKa Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Phone lines can physically only take a maximum baud rate of 56k (thousand) on the standard dialup MODEMs. You may be looking at the bitrate or something :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 my friends computer does the same thing on AOL of all places.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 your modem string is set to display your port speed, not your actual connection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobbe Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Windows reports the modulation rate(baud) between the UART and the modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truman Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Its a bug in windows 98 that never got fixed :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 i heard u can also have dual 56k modems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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