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Title: Dial Up Connection Speed ?
Post by: James Shields on April 18, 2001, 05:33:49 PM

I am using a Netcomm Mega-I-Modem 56K V90 (Lucent Chipset), which is connected to my ISP on a "continuous" basis. Is there any way of determining at what speed the modem has established a connection with the ISP ?

Title: Re: Dial Up Connection Speed ?
Post by: zac on April 23, 2001, 08:29:28 AM

yes and no. examine /var/log/messages for output from pppd, it should have a line saying connect speed 48100bps or somewhat. however, this is merely the speed at which the two modems talk at the start: it may retrain up or down at a later point, which doesn't show up in the logs. also, the actual speed you're getting doesn't really have a great deal to do with this, as there are a number of transient network issues which affect what throughput you actually end up getting. my suggestion: if you want to find out how good your connection is, download a binary file from a us server. the transfer speed from that is usually a good indicator of the actual speed you're getting.

zac