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adsl modem speed up software? Willherb 03-31-2006
Posted by Willherb on March 31, 2006, 1:26 pm
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is there any software that unlocks a modem to do any speed it wants
(providing the phone lines has no limitation) IE the speed it was set at was
1MB but the phone wire is capable of 2MB for example. Its just from a
conversation that i heard at work but found strange as i would have thought
that the modem was capable of its maximum speed as part of its hardware not
its software?

Any answer would be interesting.



Posted by Rodney Pont on March 31, 2006, 3:57 pm
On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:26:19 GMT, Willherb wrote:

>is there any software that unlocks a modem to do any speed it wants
>(providing the phone lines has no limitation) IE the speed it was set at was
>1MB but the phone wire is capable of 2MB for example. Its just from a
>conversation that i heard at work but found strange as i would have thought
>that the modem was capable of its maximum speed as part of its hardware not
>its software?
>
>Any answer would be interesting.

It's both really, the hardware and the software has to be able to the
faster speeds. The hardware does the work but the software tells it
what to do. You can't just change the software in the modem to increase
the speed though. The exchange end has to be set to the faster speed
and with BT releasing MAX today that can be up to 8meg on exchanges
that have been enabled for MAX.

The ADSL spec is up to 8meg so I would expect most modems to be able to
run up to that speed without any changes.

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Posted by Willherb on March 31, 2006, 4:50 pm
cheers i'm changing for a faster conectio at some point in the near future
anyway but i didn't think that the guy was right and I was curios





> On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:26:19 GMT, Willherb wrote:
>
>>is there any software that unlocks a modem to do any speed it wants
>>(providing the phone lines has no limitation) IE the speed it was set at
>>was
>>1MB but the phone wire is capable of 2MB for example. Its just from a
>>conversation that i heard at work but found strange as i would have
>>thought
>>that the modem was capable of its maximum speed as part of its hardware
>>not
>>its software?
>>
>>Any answer would be interesting.
>
> It's both really, the hardware and the software has to be able to the
> faster speeds. The hardware does the work but the software tells it
> what to do. You can't just change the software in the modem to increase
> the speed though. The exchange end has to be set to the faster speed
> and with BT releasing MAX today that can be up to 8meg on exchanges
> that have been enabled for MAX.
>
> The ADSL spec is up to 8meg so I would expect most modems to be able to
> run up to that speed without any changes.
>
> --
> Regards - Rodney Pont
> The from address exists but is mostly dumped,
> please send any emails to the address below
> e-mail ngpsm4 (at) infohitsystems (dot) ltd (dot) uk
>
>



Posted by Ilya Zakharevich on March 31, 2006, 4:25 pm
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Willherb
> is there any software that unlocks a modem to do any speed it wants
> (providing the phone lines has no limitation).

Essentially, it's the modem's BIOS. You pay your service provider for
a particular speed, and modem is set up to run at this speed. The
speed is most probably negotiated between the modem and your service
provider, and you might be able to change the BIOS to botch this
negotiation.

Of course, it is a breakage of service agreement (even if you manage
to make it work), and it is immediately noticable from the other
end...

Yours,
Ilya

Posted by John Bilbro on April 27, 2006, 4:10 pm
>[A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to
>Willherb
>> is there any software that unlocks a modem to do any speed it wants
>> (providing the phone lines has no limitation).
>
>Essentially, it's the modem's BIOS. You pay your service provider for
>a particular speed, and modem is set up to run at this speed. The
>speed is most probably negotiated between the modem and your service
>provider, and you might be able to change the BIOS to botch this
>negotiation.
>
>Of course, it is a breakage of service agreement (even if you manage
>to make it work), and it is immediately noticable from the other
>end...
>
>Yours,
>Ilya

My service is through QWest. The ISP that sold me my DSL modem/router
did not make any changes to the modem and indeed told me to select any
of the modems he had in stock. I watched as he set up the modem, which
had more to do with DHCP options, LAN addresses and PPPoA options than
anything else. I was told that QWest does the speed restriction thing at
there end and nothing about the modem has an option for speed selection.

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