From: Stuart F. Biggar (Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.arizona.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 17:27:25 EST
At 02:13 PM 11/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I have been using my TP 770X for the past week while
>my TP 570E was at IBM for service.
>
>The performance of the TP 770X mWave-based V.90 modem
>(using the latest IBM drivers) is really inferior
>to the TP 570E Lucent-based V.90 modem.
>
>My disappointment is in both connect speed and connection
>reliability.
>
>- Connection speed: TP 770X (3.6Kbps); TP 570E(4.8Kbps)
>- Connection length: TP 770X (30 to 120 min); TP 570E (rarely drops a
>connection)
>
>Are there any settings that I could investigate to improve the
>TP 770X modem performance?
>
>Or should I just replace the mWave mode?
>If the mWave modem is replavced and disabled from the TP 770X
>configuration, will this have a "positive" impact on overall systems
>performance?
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
My (now old) 770E had no modem so I have been using a V.90
hardware PCMCIA modem since. Works much better than the
built-in Xircom Win modem in my A21p. I suggest disabling
the Mwave (did that with even older thinkpads) and getting a
real PCMCIA modem (not win modem). Connect speed and
reliability are much better at least in my experience.
Another up side is that a hardware modem can be used without
problems with Unix (linux or Sun Solaris x86 in my case).
Stuart
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