If you have played quake on the net you may have experienced lag or heard some of the other players gripe about the lag. there are some things you can do to combat this problem. I have a fix that will work for some of you. This will probably not work for everyone, hopefully it will fix your problem though. I have not tried this with any other modem except my USR 33.6, so I have no idea how this may work for your modem. If you follow the steps you will be selecting a new modem and making a new dialup networking entry. The new dialup networking connection will use the new modem entry. I recommend that you only use this for quake, as it will probably be slow or faulty for normal internet use. Hopefully it will reduce your lag and give you a sweet ping for playing quake.

1. go to the control panel.
2. double click on modems.
3. click add.
4. check the box that says "Don't detect my modem; i will select it from a list", then hit next.
5. choose the same make and model as your current modem, then hit next.
6. choose the same com port that your current modem is on, then hit next.
7. click finish.
8. click one time on the modem you just installed.
9. click on properties.
10. set the max speed to 38400.
11. click on the connection tab up at the top.
12. click on port settings
13. make sure the "use fifo buffers..." box has a check in it
14. move both sliders all the way to the right.
15. click ok.
16. click advanced.
17. uncheck "use error control" and "use flow control".

You can try the same string, but without the &f1 at the begining if you do not have a USR modem. Again, I do not know how this will work with a non usr modem. A string specific to the make and model of your modem is best.

18. Now click ok, ok, and close.

1. double click on my computer.
2. double click on dial-up networking.
3. double click on make new connection.
4. name the connection lagsux (or whatever you want to call it).
5. make sure that the connect using field has the modem entry that you just created. (for example, USR 33.6 #2) click next.
6. insert the current dialup number for you isp (ionet), then click next.
7. click finish
8. right click on lagsux (or whatever you named it).
9. choose properties from the menu that pops up.
10. click the server types button.
11. uncheck EVERY box BUT tcp/ip
12. click ok, then ok again.

1. right click on my computer.
2. click on properties.
3. click on the device manager tab.
4. click the "+" next to the com ports entry.
5. highlight the com port that your modem is on.
6. click on properties.
7. click the port settings tab.
8. set the bits per second to 57600.
9. set the flow control to hardware.
10. click the advanced button.
11. move both slide bars all the way to the right.
12. click the ok buttons until you are back to the desktop.