Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: [MLUG Discussion ] ISP's that suck

["Sam Napier" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

You can try disabling the v.90 compression for the modem. I can tell you how
to do it in windows but as I have never had to connect to the net with a
Linux box/modem combination, no help there. Maybe this is a good time for
the gurus to step in :)

Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bradley" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:28 AM
Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: [MLUG Discussion ] ISP's that suck


> > My connection is slow and flakey.
>
> Time to upgrade that 2400 baud modem!! :)
>
> Now for the serious commens. Try to borrow a modem with a different
chipset. I
> was using a USRobotics Courier v.everything modem (before DSL came to
> Maryville) and had no problems with one of the local ISPs, but had a hard
time
> staying connected with the other. One was using a 3com setup, while the
other's
> had a Rockwell chipset setup.
>
>  I've also found with several ISP's over the past few years, one of the
things
> that has sped up my system the most was to setup my own caching DNS
server. I
> determined this by pinging the named address, and then using the
number.dot
> address to try to load a page in a browser. With the numerical address in
the
> browser, the page loads quick, while with the named address, it can sit
for a
> while and do nothing.
>
> [MLUG - DISCUSSION] ISP's that suck
>
> Jim Bradley -- Maryville, MO USA
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