Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Nick Rout
DSE still have the windows driver files for download. 8K only so even at the speed you are getting it won't take long :) these are straight .inf files, which leads me to believe that this is not a winmodem - good news! take a look at the .inf files, they are text, but not exactly plain :) They

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Douglas Royds
Nick Rout wrote: take a look at the .inf files, they are text, but not exactly plain :) They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read ahead of you - try this as the init string: AT F E0 V1 W2 D2 C1 S0=0 -C0 I had done so, but hadn't spotted the init string! Where

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:29 +1200, Douglas Royds wrote: Nick Rout wrote: take a look at the .inf files, they are text, but not exactly plain :) They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read ahead of you - try this as the init string: AT F E0 V1 W2 D2 C1

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Douglas Royds
Nick Rout wrote: Nick Rout wrote: They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read ahead of you - try this as the init string: AT F E0 V1 W2 D2 C1 S0=0 -C0 I had done so, but hadn't spotted the init string! Where do I configure the init string? what are you using

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:43 +1200, Douglas Royds wrote: Nick Rout wrote: Nick Rout wrote: They may give a hint as to the init strings to use. in fact i have read ahead of you - try this as the init string: AT F E0 V1 W2 D2 C1 S0=0 -C0 I had done so, but hadn't spotted the init string!

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Nick Rout
On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:43 +1200, Douglas Royds wrote: Where do I configure the init string? what are you using software-wise to connect with? So far just the Gnome Network Settings tool. Under Modem Connection it says The interface ppp0 is active. In the syslog, there is output

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-27 Thread Christopher Sawtell
Quoting Douglas Royds [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ross Hamblin wrote: If it is our XH1145 PCMCIA Modem ( http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XH1148 ), it is an Intel 566x chipset. The command to show the connect speed is ATW3 to report speed only, or ATW4 to report speed and

PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Douglas Royds
I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal. Suggestions? Thanks, Douglas. === This email, including any attachments, is only for the

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Nick Rout
grep CONNECT /var/log/messages I think this should give you the connect speed as reported by the modem on connection to the ISP's modem. On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:28:58 +1200 Douglas Royds wrote: I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Paul Swafford
I've seen this issue with softmodems (In my cases running debian based distros, fixed with a patch) .. does Hoary see it as a 56K capable modem ? regards Paul Nick Rout wrote: grep CONNECT /var/log/messages I think this should give you the connect speed as reported by the modem on

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Douglas Royds
No, no info about the speed in the syslog, regrettably. It just says CONNECT, and that's all. Is there any analysis tool that I can run? I couldn't find anything last night that would actually tell me the modem speed, I just worked it out by downloading a web-page and seeing how much data was

RE: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Michael
Could it be that this is a Conexant based modem and the Ubuntu supplied driver is the free version (limited to 14.4Kbps data). See here: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/index.php#about dmesg might tell you something about the modem to Just a thought, don't forget to report back your success

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:28, Douglas Royds wrote: I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal. Suggestions? Tell us what chipset it uses, or even the DSE stock number. -- C. S.

RE: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Ross Hamblin
-Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 27 May 2005 10:31 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem very slow On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:17:01 +1200 Michael wrote: Could it be that this is a Conexant based modem

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Ross Drummond
Appending the string debug on a new line in /etc/ppp/options should produce a more verbose logging output. Cheers Ross Drummond On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:28, Douglas Royds wrote: I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled up, but only got

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread rik tindall
Douglas Royds wrote: I plugged in a DSE 56k PCMCIA modem, Ubuntu (Hoary) recognised it OK, and I successfully dialled up, but only got about 14kb/s - dismal. Suggestions? I solved this by ignoring the Network GUI configurator (stop it from dialling automatically), and opening a terminal

Re: PCMCIA modem very slow

2005-05-26 Thread Douglas Royds
Ross Hamblin wrote: If it is our XH1145 PCMCIA Modem ( http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/en/product/XH1148 ), it is an Intel 566x chipset. The command to show the connect speed is ATW3 to report speed only, or ATW4 to report speed and some other info (sorry don't have one handy to