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Offline Golfer

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« on: December 26, 2005, 01:30:51 PM »
For Christmas, Santa brought me a nice new 3 input firewire card!  Horay I can do digital video now.

The bad news...Golfer's computer only has 2 PCI slots.  One for video card, one for the modem.  I'm furious about this now but it's all directed at myself.

My question to the good folks of aces high (and in just a few moments...google):

Is there an external modem which can connect into my ethernet card and into a phone line in my apartment?  This would be a life saver!

If there is such a thing, can you suggest a good one that either:
1.) You have used
2.) You have a friend who used
3.) You have read a good review of someone who has used one
4.) You just know of one that exists :)

Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2005, 01:39:42 PM »
Sounds to me like an excellent excuse to go to broadband...
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« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2005, 01:44:37 PM »
Not available in my area.  I went from cable to dialup when I moved.  Can't wait to move again.
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2005, 01:47:01 PM »
Get a Zoom. Not only have I used one, I've used two and they've been FLAWLESS. I've also installed a bunch of them for friends and family (that's where the two I had went as well). No complaints, at all. From anyone. Also, a dramatic improvement in the reliability and speed of the connection. Doesn't hurt that it frees up computer resources too.
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« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2005, 01:59:08 PM »
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Get a Zoom. Not only have I used one, I've used two and they've been FLAWLESS. I've also installed a bunch of them for friends and family (that's where the two I had went as well). No complaints, at all. From anyone. Also, a dramatic improvement in the reliability and speed of the connection. Doesn't hurt that it frees up computer resources too.


Thats a great tip for dial up users, back in the day we used to 'shotgun' 2 modems, i.e bridge connections, it wont get you to dsl speeds... but it helps...
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« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2005, 02:05:41 PM »
About 10 years ago me and a few friends didnt have the interenet yet, so we all dialed into one of them 1-800 number BBS's and chatted that way. Their as old as the dinosuars, but we sure had fun
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« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2005, 02:48:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
Get a Zoom. Not only have I used one, I've used two and they've been FLAWLESS. I've also installed a bunch of them for friends and family (that's where the two I had went as well). No complaints, at all. From anyone. Also, a dramatic improvement in the reliability and speed of the connection. Doesn't hurt that it frees up computer resources too.


Outstanding.  Is that a phone to modem to ethernet jack device?  Is there an actual product number or anything like that I can search for?

Thanks!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2005, 02:50:55 PM »
iirc, shotgun is handled in the software. it does require 2 phone lines and 2 logins with your isp. I could be totally off the mark though, it's been 7 years since I've used one.
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« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2005, 03:04:54 PM »
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iirc, shotgun is handled in the software. it does require 2 phone lines and 2 logins with your isp. I could be totally off the mark though, it's been 7 years since I've used one.


Correct, it uses mutilink PPP, the ISP must explicity support it. It also runs at 2 x the speed of the slowest link.
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2005, 03:06:55 PM »
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Outstanding.  Is that a phone to modem to ethernet jack device?  Is there an actual product number or anything like that I can search for?

Thanks!!!!


Actually, it uses the old serial port, you put it on com 1 or com 2.

I'm not sure what the latest model is. I bought one a while back while my DSL was being redone, I gave it to my mother-in-law, so she has the box and paper work. My mother has the one I bought before I got DSL, and she has all that stuff. Both were purchased at Staples, on sale, for around $50 or so, and they're always on sale.
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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2005, 03:37:38 PM »
I use a U.S. Robotics "USR5686E" hooked up to com port 1.  Goes from Com port to modem to wall jack.   Uses the V.92 feature if it's available where you are.  It's a voice/fax modem as well.

Works great, but a little expensive.

I get a top speed or 42.6k here where most can only get 26k.  Most here use the standard internal modems.  The phone connections here are the sux!  Lots of line noise and the lines are very OLD.  No cable or DSL available here :(

Sadly I get allot of packet loss and such though.  Don't think it's the modems fault.  Just trash for phone lines.   I'm usually about 1/10 of a second behind most in the MA.  Connect here pings right at 210 and upwards to 350 when I use ping plotter.  Shows it a little better when I use the AHII log on screen to check ping.

I connect at setting of no more then 37,333, with compression turned off, for AHII, as per Skuzzy's recommendation.  He recommended some other settings as well so check with Skuzzy on the best way to use it if you go with this modem.
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« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2005, 04:15:30 PM »
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Actually, it uses the old serial port, you put it on com 1 or com 2.

I'm not sure what the latest model is. I bought one a while back while my DSL was being redone, I gave it to my mother-in-law, so she has the box and paper work. My mother has the one I bought before I got DSL, and she has all that stuff. Both were purchased at Staples, on sale, for around $50 or so, and they're always on sale.


I found these here http://zoom.links.channelintelligence.com/pages/prices.asp?sSKU=3090-00-00A that use the USB input.  Are they garbage like many other USB type things?

I saw the serial connection ones and I think this is what i'm going to go with.  USBs are $50 and the others are in the $65-$80 range.  I can live with that.
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« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2005, 05:22:25 PM »
Yeah, get the serial port version, it works better than USB. It also seems the USB bus uses more resources, so the more you add to the USB load the more it seems to be less reliable and lower in performance. You'd think that USB, being newer, would work better, but the serial port seems to do it best.
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« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2005, 05:54:32 PM »
thank you sir!
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Offline RightF00T

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« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2005, 07:30:42 PM »
Ive got a similar question:

Two Computers
Dialup Connection

Can I just get an ethernet cord and connect the two and have a "network"?  I would like to be able to share the internet connection, printer and a few files.
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