Re: How to 28.8Kbps on Megahertz XJ2288 PCMCIA Modem?

[Keith Patch <patch@tecogen.com>]

At 10:12 AM 3/1/96 -0500, Éric Trépanier wrote:
->Hello everyone,
->
->My ThinkPad (760CD) has Win95 configured with remote access to our
company's LAN.
->
->I have the Mwave 2.1 drivers installed and a PCMCIA Megahertz XJ2288 modem.
->
->With the Mwave modem, I always connect with my host at 28800 bps.
->
->With the XJ2288 modem, only rarely do I connect at 28800.  Most of the
time it connects at 26400 and sometimes at even lower speeds.
->
->Why doesn't it connect at 28800 bps like the Mwave does?
->
->This is with the same telephone line and cable.
->
->Thanks for any help...
->
->Eric

I personally think that the Mwave crew have a killer modem.  My Aptiva Magic
Mwave modem with the 1.3 Drivers _always_ connects at 28.8 to my local ISP.
Using my Work Modem (Microcom Deskport Fast EP 28.8), I usually get a 26.4
connection, with thruputs rarely above 2.5K in Netscape 2.0.

--Keith


Keith D. Patch                 (e-mail patch@tecogen.com)