From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 20 16:51:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA25946 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:51:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA25936 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:51:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA16641; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 04:46:41 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199711200446.EAA16641@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Snob Art Genre cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sio problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:32:15 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 04:46:40 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi there, > I have been having problems with using my modem. > > This first showed up when I had an internal modem. Oh well, I thought, > I've always wanted to own an external anyway, and then I bought an > external modem. No help. > > Here are the symptoms: > > I can talk to my modem -- send it commands, etc. If I tell it "atdt" it > picks up the line. If I tell it to dial, it does. It even hardware- > handshakes with my ISP's modem. But I don't get any data back from it. > It doesn't even echo my commands. Well, the echo should start with "ATE1" (I think). You should save this as the default - something like this: AT OK ATZ OK ATE1 OK AT&W OK > With userland ppp, I get the following output when I do a "show modem": > > device: /dev/cuaa1 speed: 38400 > cs8, no parity, CTS/RTS on. > connect count: 0 > outq: ioctl probe failed: Interrupted system call Oops - fixed in the latest version :-| > outqlen: 0 > > I've tried switching serial ports -- previously I had my mouse on cuaa1 > and my modem on cuaa0. No help. > > I'm at my wits' end here. I love this machine, I really want to be able > to connect using it. Some of you here have used this box in the past when > it was narcissus.ml.org. Please help. :-( The ATE1 only affects the modem when it's in command mode. Are you expecting a login prompt (or are you meant to talk PAP/CHAP) ? > Ben > > "You have your mind on computers, it seems." > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....