Sorry I don't know how to change the display. My guess is that Windows
simply displays the bps information it receives from the modem. That would
be the highest potential bits per second on the carrier, without regard to
any other factors (noise, errors, overhead by protocols used, contention on
shared lines, time splicing by the server, etc.). For example, when my DSL
makes a connection, XP indicates the transmission speed of the modem is 100
megabits per second. But it real life, when I start downloading a large
file, the XP dialog box shows the actual file transfer rate is no where
close to 100 Mbps. So 100 Mbps really has no meaning. That's a long-winded
way of saying, even if we could change the display from 115 Kbps to 47 Kbps,
it still would not reflect the actual file transfer rate. To see the actual
file transfer rate, we have to download a file, and watch the dialog box.
When you've done that a few times, and got a good average, then tweak some
other factors involved, such as (a) use a modem with a DSP instead of the
onboard modem, (b) use V.92 drivers instead of V.90, and (c) sign up with an
ISP that offers V.92 for higher download/upload transfer rates.
"JW" wrote
not clear on what you mean. does alternative mean you can choose one or the
other (like options), or do you mean they both display simultaneously (one
is not an alternative to the other. they just both display.) ? what do you
want to change ? do you want to change the display (from 47/43 to 112), or
do you want to change the speed of your connection ?
I am confused.
I am using XP Pro and IE6.
It seems that there are two alternatives for how my ISP connection baud rate
is
displayed.
One gives me the actual connection speed, usually between 47KB and 43KB.
The other gives me about 112KB which I gather refers to the connection from
Windows to the modem.
How can I change the latter to the former?
Sorry, I did not explain that very well.
I have two PCs both running XP Pro, and using different modems and giving me
the two different baud-rate indications.
Incidently on one of the PCs I have just selected a different modem in the
Windows settings (now using the 56KB generic selection) and instead of
showing my connection as approx 47KB, it is now showing it as 115.2KB each
time I connect.
Hence my confusion.
I would like it to display the actual connection speed to my ISP when I
connect.
Brian Tozer
