At 16:07/14/Apr, Larry Roberts (1:3808/10) said:
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LR>     I use a program called Kali to play multiplayer games over the
LR> Internet. I
LR> use the DOS version, which means I need a PPP dialer to connect to my ISP
LR> through DOS. I use the Klos PPP dialer. It has a feature that monitors 
your
LR> line connection between you, and your ISP, and gives you a send, & 
eceive
LR> data rate to judge the connection clarity. Most people who have no 
roblem
LR> using 56K modems tell me they get a send, & receive rate of 5700. Both
LR> these rates should be about the same.
How can they be with a K56 connection?  Your download is at up to 56K and 
our
upload at no more than 33.6 ....
Rick
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    Rick. This is not the true line speed. It is showing thge port speed. 
Kali 
is erractic when you set the Klos dialer to 115K, so it is suggested to set 
it 
to 57600. That's why it shows the rates at this speed. I figure that it is 
pinging your ISP, and not downloading. All I know is that if the 2 rates are 
not showing to be equal, and It shows lower than the 5700, or in my case 
8200, 
the connection is bad, and Kali doesn't work good.
    When I had this computer at my brother's house, the rates showed 5400 
when 
logged in on the best connection. Once I moved it here, and got my phone line 
connected, it shows around 8200, and I have better connections. I'm using my 
33.6 modem right now until my exchange 56K comes in. I could only achive a 
31200 line connection at my brother's, but here I login at a full 33600. The 
lines are pretty good.
    I talked to Askey, who makes Amjet modems, and they said that the either 
my ISP is at fault, or my modem is defective, because if my line was noisy, 
it 
would fall back to a speed that would allow it to operate normally, which in 
my case would be 44K, but it logs in at 46K, and has problems. I think it is 
the Uart that is defective. It can't keep up with the 46K data stream, which 
is why it freezes every 2 min. for about 15 sec. If you run a 14.4, or higher 
baud modem on a Uart that's slower than a 16550, it has the same systoms, 
unless it connects below 9600baud.
... "Give her 500cc of morphine."  "She's convulsing!"  "Give her 500 more!"
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