Speed up my dial-up connection

Last_Battalion · September 27th, 2003

Could anyone point me in the direction of any decent ad-ware or free-ware utilies to speed up my ancient 56k dial-up connection. And please don't brag about ISDNL or broadbrand as those wonders have yet to make it to my rural dwelling.

RZetlin · September 27th, 2003

I remember when I try to make my 56k modem to go faster. There's only so much that can be done.

You can give RAS Accelerator.

Here's a guide for slow speeds.

Regulus · September 27th, 2003

If you live near the station, the max ppl usually get is 5-10 kbps. If you live 20 miles from it (like me), you get 2-4 kbps. Thats just the way it is.

Last_Battalion · September 27th, 2003

Currently downloading RAS Accelerator, althought that may take a while! Thanx for the help... Guess its time for a digital line...

Takmadeus · September 27th, 2003

well.... if you get another phone line and another modem, you can easily use multilink, which will combine the speed of both modems..... (I would do so, but phone lines are quite expensive around here)

Quatro · September 28th, 2003

heck my record low was 4800 bps! take not thats about 4.8kbps

neversurrender · September 29th, 2003

so how to enable a multilink 56k connection.i have 2 modems,2 phone lines.so how can i run mutilink.how to run two different connections at the same time.or do i have to get a multilink connection?

Quatro · September 29th, 2003

eh... what does multilink do? add up to make the connection faster on dial-up?

neversurrender · September 29th, 2003

it is kind of like two 56k connections running at one time.

Takmadeus · September 29th, 2003

Well.... multilink allows to do 2 phone calls at the same time and, using 2 modems, make them behave like one..... anyway, here's how to do it:

you need 2 modems, each one plugged to each line, now, you can connect as you would always do, but....

in windows, in the connection properties (dunno exactly how to get there

) there's an "use multilink" checkbox, once you check it, you can add the devices you will use for the connection, and when yu use it, it will boost up the speed..... this is possible in linux as well, but you need to enable multilink support in the kernel.... further than that I do not know how to make it work in linux (maybe some kind of multilink toos like the ones used for UDF writing?)

Mad · September 29th, 2003

ive heard u can speed online gaming by disabling some options, like "software compression".is that right??

Takmadeus · September 29th, 2003

I really do not know, but as far as I know, software compression gives more data per second, and in my case, makes my craooy dial-up connection slightly more stable

**Kane** · September 29th, 2003

You can only do multilink if your ISP supporst it, which most don't due to the price of Broadband etc.

Quatro · September 30th, 2003

but still, 56kbps is the maximum for doing a multilink?

Regulus · September 30th, 2003

No. 52 or 53 IIRC. For some reason, you can NEVER hit 56k with a 56k modem. I cant remember why tho......maybe Im wrong........

**Kane** · September 30th, 2003

116Kbps. It's twin channel 56k

Regulus · September 30th, 2003

Im sure I read somewhere where you CANNOT connect at 56k.......and shouldnt it be 112k??

**Kane** · September 30th, 2003

112 116 what's hte difference

Yes that is true to a degree. You don't tend to be able to get the full 56k unless you are on a digital line already, as when there is noise on the line, it'll connect at the fastest 'stable' rate. Normaly somewhere between 40 and 50Kbps.

Takmadeus · September 30th, 2003

someone told me that it is due to the FCC rules, that say that 56k connections produce noise in the hpone lines, so that's why they lower it a pair of kbps

Quatro · October 1st, 2003

well the highest I've reached so far is 52kbps...

so a multilink is beneficial if you have two phone lines... well is it a single ISP or there should also be 2?

September 27th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Last_Battalion Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 24	Speed up my dial-up connection Could anyone point me in the direction of any decent ad-ware or free-ware utilies to speed up my ancient 56k dial-up connection. And please don't brag about ISDNL or broadbrand as those wonders have yet to make it to my rural dwelling. __________________ "Far I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be." Tennyson

September 27th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,883	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection I remember when I try to make my 56k modem to go faster. There's only so much that can be done. You can give RAS Accelerator. Here's a guide for slow speeds. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP2 Last edited by RZetlin; September 27th, 2003 at 22:03.

September 27th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection If you live near the station, the max ppl usually get is 5-10 kbps. If you live 20 miles from it (like me), you get 2-4 kbps. Thats just the way it is. __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

September 27th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Last_Battalion Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 24	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection Currently downloading RAS Accelerator, althought that may take a while! Thanx for the help... Guess its time for a digital line...

September 27th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Takmadeus The Legendary Journey Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In real life Posts: 4,040	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection well.... if you get another phone line and another modem, you can easily use multilink, which will combine the speed of both modems..... (I would do so, but phone lines are quite expensive around here) __________________ Made with the GIMP

September 28th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,295	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection heck my record low was 4800 bps! take not thats about 4.8kbps __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

September 29th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
neversurrender Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: pakistan Posts: 301	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection so how to enable a multilink 56k connection.i have 2 modems,2 phone lines.so how can i run mutilink.how to run two different connections at the same time.or do i have to get a multilink connection? __________________ silence is golden Amd athlon xp 2700+,256mb ddr 2700 ram,geforce4 mx440 64mb,Gigabyte 7V via kt400 chipset,samsung 52x cdrom,win98 se.

September 29th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,295	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection eh... what does multilink do? add up to make the connection faster on dial-up? __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

September 29th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
neversurrender Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: pakistan Posts: 301	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection it is kind of like two 56k connections running at one time. __________________ silence is golden Amd athlon xp 2700+,256mb ddr 2700 ram,geforce4 mx440 64mb,Gigabyte 7V via kt400 chipset,samsung 52x cdrom,win98 se.

September 29th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
Takmadeus The Legendary Journey Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In real life Posts: 4,040	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection Well.... multilink allows to do 2 phone calls at the same time and, using 2 modems, make them behave like one..... anyway, here's how to do it: you need 2 modems, each one plugged to each line, now, you can connect as you would always do, but.... in windows, in the connection properties (dunno exactly how to get there ) there's an "use multilink" checkbox, once you check it, you can add the devices you will use for the connection, and when yu use it, it will boost up the speed..... this is possible in linux as well, but you need to enable multilink support in the kernel.... further than that I do not know how to make it work in linux (maybe some kind of multilink toos like the ones used for UDF writing?) __________________ Made with the GIMP

September 29th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection ive heard u can speed online gaming by disabling some options, like "software compression".is that right?? __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

September 29th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Takmadeus The Legendary Journey Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In real life Posts: 4,040	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection I really do not know, but as far as I know, software compression gives more data per second, and in my case, makes my craooy dial-up connection slightly more stable __________________ Made with the GIMP

September 29th, 2003	#13 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection You can only do multilink if your ISP supporst it, which most don't due to the price of Broadband etc. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

September 30th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,295	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection but still, 56kbps is the maximum for doing a multilink? __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

September 30th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection No. 52 or 53 IIRC. For some reason, you can NEVER hit 56k with a 56k modem. I cant remember why tho......maybe Im wrong........ __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

September 30th, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection 116Kbps. It's twin channel 56k __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

September 30th, 2003	#17 (permalink)
Regulus SEGA Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Nebraska, U.S. Posts: 1,579	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection Im sure I read somewhere where you CANNOT connect at 56k.......and shouldnt it be 112k?? __________________ SEGA owns you http://www.exemu.net

September 30th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection 112 116 what's hte difference Yes that is true to a degree. You don't tend to be able to get the full 56k unless you are on a digital line already, as when there is noise on the line, it'll connect at the fastest 'stable' rate. Normaly somewhere between 40 and 50Kbps. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

September 30th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
Takmadeus The Legendary Journey Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In real life Posts: 4,040	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection someone told me that it is due to the FCC rules, that say that 56k connections produce noise in the hpone lines, so that's why they lower it a pair of kbps __________________ Made with the GIMP

October 1st, 2003	#20 (permalink)
Quatro c3rTifiEd V@mpIr3 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Laguna Posts: 8,295	Re: Speed up my dial-up connection well the highest I've reached so far is 52kbps... so a multilink is beneficial if you have two phone lines... well is it a single ISP or there should also be 2? __________________ BE ONE OF US I JOIN THE WOLF CLAN - when you think that you have accomplish so much, many think of it as so little...

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