"Roger Mills" wrote in message ...
I've reported on earlier occasions that my laptop always crashed as soon as I connected my S2 to it, even though the S2 worked ok
with my desktop computer.

The *good* news is that I have finally got the S2 to connect to the laptop without crashing it. I have done this by creating a
Profile in which I've disabled all hardware which I don't actually need when connecting to the internet - including CD drive,
floppy drive, serial and parallel ports, and internal modem. [Some time when I've got nothing better to do, I'll add them back in
one at a time to find out which one is responsible for the crashes].

The *bad* news is that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - even though the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps.

When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 modem, it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change
it to around 900k (that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start the modem, it's back to 115,200 - even after a re-boot.

Go to a speed-test web-site and check your real-world up/down speed. You might be surprised
at the result.

--
Graham.

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