RE: thinkpad modem -- what's the connect speed?

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From: David Newman (dnewman_at_networktest.com)
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 03:06:56 EST

Thanks Mike and Alex, very much, for your help.

The W1 switch did the trick -- no new drivers needed.

dn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Geary [mailto:Mike_at_Geary.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 6:48 PM
> To: David Newman; THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: RE: thinkpad modem -- what's the connect speed?
>
>
> > When using the Mwave modem on the TP600E running Windows NT (2645-8AU),
> > Dial-up Networking displays the maximum connect speed (as set in Control
> > Panel/Modems) rather than the actual connect speed. I have to
> fire up the
> > Thinkpad Modem applet to get the actual connect speed.
> >
> > I don't have this problem with other Thinkpads running NT. Any
> > idea how to
> > fix it?
>
> Go into the Modems control panel. Open the Properties sheet for the
> ThinkPad Modem. Go to the Advanced tab and in the "extra initialization
> commands" box enter "W1" (without the quotes, of course). This tells the
> modem to report the actual connect speed instead of the port speed.
>
> (I'm looking at the control panel in Windows 2000, not NT4, so the dialog
> layout might be a bit different, but I seem to recall this part of it was
> the same.)
>
> -Mike
>
>

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