In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Steve Terry wrote:

"Graham." wrote in message
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"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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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.


Indeed i use www.speedtest.net to test my S2, and as you say the USB
speed settings makes no difference.

For some reason my defaults to 480kbps

Steve Terry

I *have* done a speed test - please see my other post. When it says it's
115k, it *means* it! This is verified by trying to watch streaming graphics
on the BBC News website - where I keep getting pregnant pauses while it
refills its buffer!

As reported in the other post, I've now dragged it up to 900+k, and it's
useable - but I can't get anywhere near the dongle's 3.6M synch speed.

Oh, and another interesting discovery. My dongle works with a 3 metre USB
extension lead, so I can put it up high or out of a window. The S2
*doesn't* - at least partially cancelling out the fact that it's supposed to
be a more sensitive modem.
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Cheers,
Roger
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