xp and modem

[phishhead]

dont laugh...I use dial up modem...here's the problem....have win98 and xp boot to 98 can connect at 52kbs but with xp 28.8 -33.6 everytime...just started about a week ago no hardware changes or anything tried different #'s no dice...tried the win2k drivers...no difference so anyone have any ideas.oh yeah turned up the modem fifo buffers to the max...no dice..

 

[Akash]

checked com1/2 port speed?
couldnt believe when i found i was running them at 9600 today... no wonder i was having such lag

 

[phishhead]

could be it recently reformatted and I don't think I switched it back