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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