Now
select the Advanced tab.
Extra
initialisation commands.
Should you wish to do so you can enter in an optional Init string into this
field. You can find a listing of such strings for various Modems at 56K.com.
Be sure to look out for Init strings that;
Disables
MNP 2 – 4 error correction.
Disables
MNP 5 data compression (Hardware Modem only).
This
will further optimize your Internet connection as it disables outdated
protocols.
Country/Region
Select.
Unsurprisingly enough use this drop-down menu to select the country which you
are residing in, this may be limited by the Modem you have installed.
Now
select the Advanced Port Settings button.
Use
FIFO buffers.
If you have an internal Modem leave this Ticked, similarly leave this Ticked
if you have an external Modem although if you have a very old Motherboard
you may need to modify the Receive Buffer & Transmit Buffer
sizes or Untick this to fix connection problems (Although if you have a
Motherboard with such an old Serial port it’s likely your system doesn’t
meet the Minimum recommended specifications for Windows XP either).
Receive
Buffer & Transmit Buffer.
These sliders control the size of the receive & transmission buffers. For
best connection performance set this to 14 & 16 respectively.
You shouldn’t need to reduce either of these buffer sizes (Though some
recommend you do for performance reasons, which I wouldn’t).
COM
Port
Number.
You shouldn’t need to adjust the COM port your Modem is installed onto unless
perhaps another Hardware installation somehow affected your Modem’s. NOTE –
If you have an internal Modem installed do not adjust this value to be
the same as a COM Port listed in Device Manager (Internal Modems only emulate
a COM Port & don’t use a real one).
Click
Ok again.
