Win.ini Settings Question

[Nathan]

Here is my win.ini settings under Ports:

[Ports]
LPT1:=
LPT2:=
LPT3:=
COM1:=9600,n,8,1,x
COM2:=9600,n,8,1,x
COM3:=9600,n,8,1,x
COM4:=9600,n,8,1,x
FILE:=
BAR:=
\\Bcwfil1\MISQLJ4PL1=
pcaw.prn=

Now from what I'm told, if I change those 9600 to 921,600 on those ports, clear the cache files, and reboot, the web sites load faster.

Question

1. Has anyone tried this? If so, did they experience faster loading time?

2. If this works or can work, why?

Thanks for any comments.

[Pantion]

Yeap changed the modem cache and some setting and it works. Don't expect an incredible boost in performance, but still a noticable one. Check the settings here:
http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/modem/3.shtml

[Donkey]

the 9600 is refering to the rate at which the port is talking to the board in question. Since the modem is on one of te com ports then yes it could speed up the transfer rate of info from board to port as long as the board is rated to take a different rate. As for speeding up the actual connection to the net i don't think it will make a blind bit of difference!
Clearing the cache should be done every now and then anyway!

[narayan]

also change the "x" to a "p". this indicates that hardware flow control should be turned on. and it does seem to make a difference. once web sites are found, they do seem to load faster. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by narayan (edited 12-15-1999).]

[Nathan]

Pantion

Thanks for the webpage link. Interesting info.

Donkey

We figured that it had something to do with the port.

narayan

I'll play with the settings some and see if it makes a difference at all.


We had a discussion on this over on this page. http://www.ehelpfree.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000057.html Someone added a little different perspective on it. Interesting reading if care to take a look.

[mike L]

Great tweak! pages load much faster. Thanks.

[Bleeding Edge]

Hey-hey Nathan, how are you doing?

Here's some additional info.

Although speeds above 115K are selectable, in order to actually reach speeds above 115K, you'll need a dos based program to run at start up like SHSMOD (http://www.devdrv.com/shsmod/) (a comm port modifier) to enable the high speed serial communication, and, an updated serial.vxd that can handle the call.

Serial port chips used on motherboards are limited to a given speed. Some 922K, others to only 461K. Older ones may not even do 115K.

Of course, using this with a modem, requires that the modem can function at the higher DTE speed. 230K should be do able on many of the regular modems. The Courier modems handle it.

[Rookie]

Hello all, I have a Vicking pci modem, with lucent chipset that is using (hope I get this description correct) a *virtual com port*. In device manager there are no com ports installed, in bios both of em are disabled...can I still gain an advantage if I make those win.ini comport values larger?
Also, my win.ini shows File:=
but nothing else...what do you think?
thanks
Rookie