I missed part of this thread, so please bear with me. If you or one of
your friends has a "winmodem", the following probably won't help. If you
all have real modems, here's some info that I've posted several times here
on r.a.s that might help...
GPL will attempt to use all the bandwidth available on a modem-to-modem
connection. Unfortunately, either TAPI (the telephony API on Windows), or,
for some modems, the modem information file that TAPI uses, is buggy.
Sometimes TAPI will report to GPL a connect speed that is higher than the
actual speed at which the two modems connected. This enevitably leads to a
failed connection.
You can tell GPL to ignore the connect speed reported by TAPI, and assume
that the connection was established at some other baud rate. In the same
folder as the GPL program (gpl.exe) create a text file named core.ini using
Notepad (or another plain text editor). In this file, place the following
two lines...
[ Communications ]
assumedModemConnectSpeed = baud_rate
Replace "baud_rate" with a baud rate that is no greater than the actual
speed at which the modems connect. For example, if you know the modems are
actually connecting at 24000bps, use 24000. If you're unsure of the baud
rate at which the modems connect, it's probably best to guess low (normal
speeds would include 19200, 21600, 24000, 26400, 28800, etc.) If you guess
too high, the connection will probably be dropped before long (if it's
established at all). It is important that both the dialer and answerer
(client and server) use the same number.
Randy
