external modem always faster on Linux-Why?

zaharia · 03-10-2004, 12:11 AM

I got an external Best Data modem plugged into the tty1 port. It has consistently ran faster under Linux(Mandrake, SuSE, KNOPPIX, Debian) than under my ancient Windoze98. I am greatful of course but have always wondered Why? Can anybody explain this little mystery to me?

I recently tested the same modem with Winzode 2000 professional edition and the connection speed was terrible, much worse than 98.

salparadise · 03-10-2004, 02:15 AM

yupp same here
consistently getting faster speeds on linux

windows crawls with my modem, half the time i have to disconnect and reconnect every 15 minutes or so

mandrake just flies with it

i'm not curious, just happy