I have a Best Data 56K external modem to. I was having problems with it taking forever to initialise, and it would also go off line constantly. I found that moving it too /dev/ttyS1 using irq 3 seemed to improve the performance. Before I had the modem set to /dev/ttyS2 using irq 5. Try putting it in a different serial port if its external (or different "com port" in an internal.
------------------------ John Kerr Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 ------------------------ On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Debian Mail wrote: > Hello Debian Users, > D Ghost here. I am trying to get advice on a slow modem I have here. > My modem is a best data 56k modem that said 'linux compatable' on the box > (ha!) > at any rate, I have it on ttyS3 and when I send commands to it (i.e- minicom) > it has a very slow response. I can send it ATZ string and the modem seems to > take 10 seconds or more to receive the string. Needless to say any dialup > script I use will basically time out. Not sure if this is some type of serial > problem between the modem and pc. > > Advice much aprriciated! > > D Ghost > > 'space ghost on neptune!' > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
