Vladislav Papayan x285 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would anyone know how to verify that I am connecting to > Internet at 56K. I run Debian hamm + 2.1.78 kernel.
> What else do I need to do to get it going at 56K. And may be I am > connecting at 56K -- but how do I verify it for sure (my modem > is US Robatics external). Quick solution: use ncftp to download a binary file from your ISP's ftp server. It will tell you the transfer rate after finishing the download. Some thoughts about connectspeed: You can't relay on the speed negotiated during connect. Here in germany, a stable connect is at most 46.000 Bytes/s. And some tests (www.cnet.com) say the same for the US. Most modems have some AT commands which tell them how risky(=fast) they should connect. If the modem chooses a too high connectspeed, errors will occur during transfer. This is no problem. The modem will decrease its speed. But you won't notice this as you can't ask a modem about it's current speed. The opposite case is possible as well. The modem will increase its speed on good connects. My guess about why you get "56k" on WinNT: You use a USR modemdriver for NT. This driver sets the above mentioned "risksetting" very high. So you get a "56k connect". But the modem will decrease its speed very soon as errors during transfer will occur often. On Linux you use AT&F to initialise your Modem. The &F settings have a rather conservativ risksetting and you get a minor connectspeed. You could do a test: Download a somewhat big file form your ISP's FTP Server, one time using NT and one time using Linux. Then you can see if I am right. Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .