8th June 1999
From the "How fast was I going, officer" department: Lockergnomie Kerry Rogers has brought a nifty modem tweak to my attention. The connection icon in the System Tray may say that you're connected at "115200" (or some other bogus number), when you're actually connected at 26400. This is because Windows may be reporting the port speed (not the actual speed the user at which the user is connected). Open the 'Dial-Up Networking' folder (in 'My Computer'). Right-click on an Internet service icon, select 'Properties,' press the 'Configure' button, click the 'Connection' tab, then press the 'Advanced' button. In the 'Extra settings' field, try adding "W2" (without the quotes) to your initialization string. Upon doing this, you may see a more accurate connection rate the next time you connect to the Internet.