From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 29 13:41:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66CF937B400 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alcanet.com.au (mail2.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D177143E3B for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:41:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (IDENT:root@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by alcanet.com.au (8.12.4/8.12.4/Alcanet1.3) with ESMTP id g7TKe0ZN025858; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:40:01 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.20.247]) by sydsmtp01.alcatel.com.au (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.10) with ESMTP id 2002083006395957:203183 ; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:39:59 +1000 Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7TKdx2t013336; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:39:59 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7TKdxUM013335; Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:39:59 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:39:59 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Andrew MacIntyre Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew.Li@alcatel.com.au Subject: Re: ISDN Modems Message-ID: <20020830063959.M1088@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew MacIntyre , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew.Li@alcatel.com.au References: <20020827162531.K1088@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20020828074504.J8485-100000@bullseye.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020828074504.J8485-100000@bullseye.apana.org.au>; from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:49:59AM +1000 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 30/08/2002 06:39:59, Serialize by Router on SYDSMTP01/AlcatelAustralia(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 30/08/2002 06:40:01, Serialize complete at 30/08/2002 06:40:01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-Aug-28 07:49:59 +1000, Andrew MacIntyre wrote: >On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> I have several Eicon Diva 852 ISDN modems[1] that I'm trying to build >> a PPP link with (one modem is dial-out and one is dial-in). >> Unfortunately, the dial-in side is very flaky - most of the time, the >> dial-in modem refuses to answer (and reports BUSY). Eicon's response >> is that the modems work with Windows - and I suspect this means that >> the auto-answer capability is rarely (if ever) used. >> >> Has anyone else used these modems? Successfully with auto-answer? >> >> [1] http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/ISDN/Diva852.htm > >Would controlling the answer with something like mgetty help? Possibly, but I suspect not. If the modem was failing to answer at all, then mgetty could potentially be of use (by initiating a manual answer). In my case, since the modem is reporting BUSY, it seems unlikely that the terminating modem is even reporting "RING" to the associated DTE. We have since tried testing the modem using an NT server with the same results. Eicon then admitted that the Diva 852 doesn't work in auto- answer mode and have nominated an alternative model (which we are still organising). Overall, based on my experiences, I'd recommend avoiding Eicon in general. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message