Re: [TCLUG:12691] Connection speed

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

You can drop your internet connection, open up minicom and dial your
ISP's phone number, then check the speed:

(This is what you'd do in minicom):
AT&F1  <-- Init String for your modem, really long)
OK
ATDT6122522600 <-- Type the phone number of your ISP - this is ours
CONNECT 26400  <-- It should report the connect speed.  If not, do this:

+++  <--- +++ will tell the modem to listen for more AT commands
ATI1
ATI2
ATI3
...
ATI8
(these ATI commands will give different settings for your modem -
connect speed, reason for last disconnect, etc.  Very useful in
debugging).

If you aren't getting 56k speeds to your ISP, try using the 3com line
test tool.  If you go to their site and search for "line test" you'll
find it.  You dial their BBS (long distance) with minicom, and it will
test your line/modem for 56k.  

"McNitt, Jennifer" wrote:
> 
>         I'm sure this has probably come up before, but I can't recall what
> the answer was.
> 
>         Is there a way to determine what your modem connection speed is a
> non-XWindows mode?  I'm using Red Hat 6.
> 
>         I'm currently having a problem using my mouse when the modem is
> installed so I can not use any XWindow utilities to do this right now.
> 
>         I'm asking this because my connection seems to be slower than what I
> think it should be, but I would like to confirm.
> 
>         I've been using a web utility at
> http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest.asp to calculate
> my speed.  When I use it at work and when my husband uses it with his cable
> modem connection, we seem to get numbers that we expect.
> 
>         When I use the page on my Windows 98 machine I get numbers around
> 26Kbps.  The Win 98 machine is connected to the internet via our Linux
> machine.  The Linux machine has a 56K modem which is connecting to a 56K
> modem at our ISP.  The machines are connected via a 10Mps Hub.  We also have
> a Win NT Server machine on the same network that also uses the Linux machine
> as its gateway to the Internet.
> 
>         Thanks for the help,
> 
>         Jen
> 
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Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.