Re: Dial-up Networking Through the ECS Line

Booth,

What a LOT of folks don't realize is that you can be at the mercy of the telco's
CO and their switches and lines in the area you are calling FROM as well as the
area you are calling TO !

I saw this FIRST hand last year for several reasons.

First, on the home front, we moved about a mile into a NEW neighborhood (other
one was about 8 years old) and all of a sudden my internet connection speed was
up to nearly 56K dialup when it was NEVER more then 26,000 before. New switches
in the area I'm in. New lines.

Second, here at work I WAS using a dialup line to access the internet (thank
GOODNESS we have a T1 now !!!) and I could NEVER get higher then 28,000
something. Usually slightly slower. Both PC's AND modems at work and home were
identical.

The fun never ends :-)

Chuck

booth@martinvt.com wrote:

> For what its worth:  I'm doing this now with a client.  The modem has to
> be a decently good modem I'm told.  They configured the line for SLIP.  I
> watched him do it and it went easily.  He said the only secret was that he
> could tell it was configured properly when there was two lights on on the
> modem.
>
> I usually have to dial in, connect, wait, hang up, and dial in a second
> time.  No one has ever explained that to me, but its no big deal.  The
> connection is slow though.  not real slow, but slow.
>
> _______________________
> Booth Martin
> Booth@MartinVT.com
> http://www.MartinVT.com
> _______________________
>
> Ted Barry <TBARRY@smtpgate.centralsan.dst.ca.us>
> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> 07/11/2000 03:34 PM
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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>         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
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>         Subject:        Dial-up Networking Through the ECS Line
>
> Nine times out of ten I'm unsuccessful in dialing into our Novell network
> from home.  I'm thinking about using a more direct approach.
>
> Does anyone have any examples of how to setup dial-up networking to
> make a connection on the QESLINE (ECS line)?  Is this even do-able?
>
> I have Netmage's NS/Portfolio at home, but I could use Client Access
> Express.
>
> TIA,
>   Ted
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