Modem Negotiated Speed

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Hi,

Russell King wrote:
> Gert Doering writes:
> > > I know this has been talked about before, but for the life of me I
> > > can't find what the answer was for it.   I have to have what speed the
> > > modems have negotiated during connection.  I desperately need this as
> > > to monitor and plot dialin loads on the server, verses modem speeds. 
> > > It is one of those Research and Development variables that are a *must
> > > have*.
> > 
> > ... which is why it's there, since about 2-3 years now :-)
> 
> I'm sorry, but I don't really see the purpose of logging the speed at all.
> Yes, I agree that there should be some way of calculating the server loads
> vs modem speeds, but the negociated speed is not representitive of the
> speed throughout the whole call.

It's, for example, a good hint at "bad modem lines" -- if you get faster
averages on three lines than on the fourth, it smells of problems with
that line / that modem.

> Generally, if you have a really good line, you'll get about 56k through it.

You do? Never seen more than maybe 48000.

gert

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