Speed-up your Connecting time- To Speed-up the time it takes for DUN (Dial Up Networking) to establish a connection with your ISP (Internet Service Provider): Select your connection in DUN (Start/Programs/Accessories/Dial-Up Networking.
Right-click your connection and choose Properties. On the Server Types Tab, under Advanced Options, make sure that the check-box for Log on to network is un checked. Under Allowed network protocols select only TCP/IP
Telephony Controls in Control Panel
- If you are using a telephony based modem (unimodem) you can enable the telephony controls in control panel by renaming TELEPHON.CP$ to TELEPHON.CPL in the Windows/System directory. This will allow you to do diagnostics as well as configure your modem.
Automatic Re-dialing
- You can configure Windows 95 to automatically re-dial your Dial-Up connection: Click Start. then Programs, Select Accessories, then Dial-Up Networking. Select your connection. From the menu select Connections/Settings. Check Re-dial and select the number of times to re-dial (2-100) and Click OK. Close Dial-Up Networking.
Getting disconnected frequently
- If you get disconnected frequently, try this extra modem setting: Go to Modems in Control Panel (Start/Settings/Control Panel). From Modems select Properties, select the Connection Tab, select Advanced. Then in the Extra settings dialogue box, enter S10=50 This will force the modem to stay connected without a carrier, up to 5 seconds. Not all modems support this but shouldn't hurt having it there
WINIPCFG
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Windows95 has a built in Internet utility called IP Configuration that lets you check out all the vital stats of your Internet setup. Go to the Start button, then Run, and type WINIPCFG, then click on the More Info button.
FIFO settings
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One of the first places to look if your not satisfied with the stability or performance of file transfer is the FIFO buffer settings. This buffer handles all data flowing to and from your modem. To find these settings open Control Panel, Modems, select your modem, Click Properties, Connection, Port Settings. Decreasing the Receive Buffer may increase stability but will affect performance.
Increasing the value may cause characters to overrun the buffer, thus having to re-send or re-get the data slowing the total transfer down.
More Blue Screen Blues
- If you get a blue screen crash while surfing the net (usually a 00B address) and lose you connection and everything else (requiring a reboot). There is a good chance someone is disconnecting you by sending junk data to port 139. This is somehow caused by netbios over TCP/IP. Anyhow, to fix it rename vnbt.386 (usually found in WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory) to vnbt.385. Restart the computer and use your network for awhile.
If it continues to work okay, then everything's fine. If it isn't working right, just do a find *.385 and rename it back to vnbt.386 and reboot
Modem tracking using System Monitor
1.Open the Modems in Control Panel.
2.Click the Properties button and select the Connection tab.
3.Press the Advanced button; check the "Record a LogFile" box.
4.Reboot your machine.
5.Run any 32-bit comm. app such as wsock32.DLL (Win95 dialup).
6.Start System Monitor - "Start Menu/Accessories/System Tools".
7.From the EDIT menu choose "Add Item" You will see two items for your modem:
Bytes received/sec Bytes sent/sec
8.Try adding them both and select "View/Always on Top" to monitor your modem activity.
