(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:42 pm
Post subject: Win98 Dial Up Tweaks? Archived from groups: microsoft>public>win98>networking (more info?)
My win98(se) machine has connected to RCN's dial up service for years
with no problem. During this
time, my configuration has not changed.
In the past few months, my connection has gotten slower and slower and
finally got so slow that most
web and email connections are timed out or the servers can't be found.
Because I can connect to a free ISP (metconnect) with no problem and
(compared to RCN) blazing
speed, I think that RCN upgraded their software to a non-friendly to
win98 version.
I called RCN to find out if any tweaks can remedy the situation, but, of
course, they refused to tell me
once they found out I was using an unsupported o/s. Although the rep I
spoke to agreed that recent
updates probably were causing the slow down.
It may be that win98 just can't handle whatever software RCN is using,
but if anyone knows of some
tweaks that might help, please advise.
(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:09 am
Post subject: Re: Win98 Dial Up Tweaks? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:42:42 -0400, Ellen <ellen DeleteThis @nospam.com.invalid>
put finger to keyboard and composed:
>My win98(se) machine has connected to RCN's dial up service for years
>with no problem. During this
>time, my configuration has not changed.
>
>In the past few months, my connection has gotten slower and slower and
>finally got so slow that most
>web and email connections are timed out or the servers can't be found.
You can get a feel for whether your problem is network or hardware
related by sending an email with a large attachment to yourself.
As MEB says, System Monitor will report the actual bytes sent and
received per second (Edit --> Add Item -> Dial-Up Adapter -> ...). A
good 56kbps connection will average around 5 KB/s and 2.7 KB/s for
downloads and uploads, respectively.
If sending to yourself is OK, then your client/server modems are OK,
and the problem is with your provider's connection to external sites.
From what you've written, though, it does seem that the problem is
between you and your provider. I doubt that there is any software that
is getting in the way, instead I suspect that your ISP's service is
congested (too many users), or your modem is not playing well with
theirs.
To check for hardware problems, try the following diagnostic tests. If
you see a lot of retrains, then that would explain the timeouts and
delays. Retrains are events that typically last for 20 seconds and
cause all data transfers to pause.
(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Win98 Dial Up Tweaks? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Franc Zabkar wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:42:42 -0400, Ellen <ellen.DeleteThis@nospam.com.invalid>
> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>> My win98(se) machine has connected to RCN's dial up service for years
>> with no problem. During this
>> time, my configuration has not changed.
>>
>> In the past few months, my connection has gotten slower and slower and
>> finally got so slow that most
>> web and email connections are timed out or the servers can't be found.
>
> You can get a feel for whether your problem is network or hardware
> related by sending an email with a large attachment to yourself.
>
> As MEB says, System Monitor will report the actual bytes sent and
> received per second (Edit --> Add Item -> Dial-Up Adapter -> ...). A
> good 56kbps connection will average around 5 KB/s and 2.7 KB/s for
> downloads and uploads, respectively.
>
> If sending to yourself is OK, then your client/server modems are OK,
> and the problem is with your provider's connection to external sites.
> From what you've written, though, it does seem that the problem is
> between you and your provider. I doubt that there is any software that
> is getting in the way, instead I suspect that your ISP's service is
> congested (too many users), or your modem is not playing well with
> theirs.
>
> To check for hardware problems, try the following diagnostic tests. If
> you see a lot of retrains, then that would explain the timeouts and
> delays. Retrains are events that typically last for 20 seconds and
> cause all data transfers to pause.
>
> Information your modem can tell you about your connection:
> http://modemsite.com/56k/diag.asp >
> How to make HyperTerminal talk to your modem:
> http://modemsite.com/56k/x2-hyperterm.asp >
> AT Commands and examples of test calls & diagnostics
> http://modemsite.com/56k/usehyper.asp >
> If you can't get diagnostic data after net connections
> http://modemsite.com/56k/x2-inf.asp >
> - Franc Zabkar
Thanks so much for this information, Franc. I'll run some tests in the
next few days, and when I experience problems in the future.
(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:09 am
Post subject: Re: Win98 Dial Up Tweaks? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:14:48 +1000, Franc Zabkar
<fzabkar.DeleteThis@iinternode.on.net> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>A good 56kbps connection will average around 5 KB/s and 2.7 KB/s for
>downloads and uploads, respectively.
Sorry, a good upload speed would be around 3.7 KB/s (33600 / 9), not
2.7.
- Franc Zabkar
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