Hello Patrick, The speeds listed in the ppp.options file are the speeds the port is opened with, and therefore the speed the local computer speaks to the modem with.
Most modern modems have some compression hardware / software built in which allows your data transfer rate to be greater than the 'raw' communication rate between modems. The amount of compression is dependent on the type of data you are transferring. I recall reading in a modem manual once a recommendation that the computer to modem speed be set two to three times the modem to modem speed to ensure that the modem was not starved for data when compression is enabled. For a 28.8 modem this implies a setting of 57600 or greater. My experience has been 115200 is a reasonable speed to use for a 28.8 or a 33.6 modem with compression. I haven't tried any of the 56K modems (and given the other options that are becoming available I probably won't). I usually am not limited so much by my modem's speed as by my ISP and / or the remote site. Hope this helps, Pat -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
