LR> I just installed a new 33,600 modem on my daughters 
 LR> computer and have noticed a difference between calling 
 LR> my BBS and several other in the area. If I set the baud 
 LR> rate for the call at 38600, my bbs (FrontDoor & 
 LR> Maximus) reads the call at 300 baud!!  When I change it 
 LR> down to 19200 baud everything works fine.
i think this is more of a front-door problem.. fd systems are usually setup 
to exit on whatever errorlevel is the speed of the call divided by 100 or 
whatever (so you connect at 14400, it exits at errorlevel 144.. if you call 
at 28800, it exits at errorlevel 288 (which doesn't exist) and wraps around 
to 288-255 = 32. Since you don't have "if errorlevel 32 then.." it goes down 
to the next one.. which just happens to be 300 =) (actually it should 
probably be 2400..?) anyways. this is offtopic eitherway :)
i use binkley and maximus here, and just have binkley write a batch file 
which goes directly to maximus, and just reports the exact speed in the -b 
parameter.
 LR> When I call other BBS's I get 28,800 connection at a 
 LR> setting of 38600 baud.
another sysop told me that running his bbs at 115200 seemed to speed it up.. 
i used to run mine at 38400 as well, but then switched to 115200, i haven't 
noticed any difference at all, but who knows :)
that speed, btw, is basically the speed your computer talks to the modem, not 
modem-to-modem.. dunno if you knew that or not, but i've had a couple of my 
users complain about long download times, even though they've set their 14400 
modems to connect at 57600 =)
ttyl, greg
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