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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 1997 10:44:11 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Steve Mickeler <steve@neptune.on.ca>
Cc:        "Tom T. Thai" <tomthai@future.net>, linuxisp@friendly.jeffnet.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hung Modem
Message-ID:  <19970905104411.15583@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970904085507.2040A-100000@triton.neptune.on.ca>; from Steve Mickeler on Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 08:56:23AM -0400
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.970904012925.28758A-100000@dream.future.net> <Pine.LNX.3.95.970904085507.2040A-100000@triton.neptune.on.ca>

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On Thu, Sep 04, 1997 at 08:56:23AM -0400, Steve Mickeler wrote:
>> for some reason if my modem get stuck in Off Hook mode with no actual
>> connection to it (ie. call the modem and you get a bz signal, but no one
>> is connected to it).  How can I reset it from remote?  I tried getting in
>> telneting to the box and load kermit to try to access the modem via
>> command line mode but no response from the modem.
>>
>> box is running RocketPort, mgetty, pppd, external modem.  Thanks.
>
> Try going into /etc/inittab, start the line with that modem with a # ,
> save the file, do an "init q" , then go back to inittab, take out the #
> from that line, save the file and do another "init q"
>
> If that doesnt work, nothin will !

Well, that won't work, anyway.  'init q' is a System Vism.  In BSD,
do:

# kill -SIGHUP 1

Greg



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