"I have 3COM/USR Sportster Voice Data Fax 56K Modem EXT (Model 178400)
and I'm having serious problems. First off, the modem always displays
the port speed instead of the connect speed. I've followed all the
directions at
http://808hi.com to fix this problem and nothing works."
The display would be something that's controlled by the AT string that the dialing software sends to the modem as an extended (non standard) part of the command set. You have to check your modem's manual to see what that command is.
Let's assume the software sends
ATDT5551212 to dial your ISP which has the phone number 5551212
and the display command for your modem is W with 0 showing the port speed and 1 showing the actual modem speed. You would add this to the dial up command the software sends to the modem:
ATDT5551212&W1
Of course, the "W" is just an example and you need to find out what the actual display command is, as well as the exact format of the string to be sent (not all modems are the same and even the & seperator might be a different character)
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