Should I replace my onboard(well kinda) 56k winmodem with my old US Robotics 28.8k External modem? The reason I would ask such a thing is because the my first phone line (the one my computers are hooked up to) only connects at 24k because the line is split with someone else. They did this to my...
  • nomecks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just put an init string to default your 56k modem to 28.8. Try at&v90=0. Also, try updating your winmodem firmware. That’s often the issue. Thanks for calling AT&T Worldnet!

  • cpw@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Winmodems, the first true hardware hurdle for all Linux all the time for me. I ended up stuck with a 14.4 modem for ages, because faster hardware modems were almost completely replaced by winmodems in the UK. They sucked so much. Ah, demon internet in 1995.