From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 12:33:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA25537 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:33:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA25515 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:32:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA04945; Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:29:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:29:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mark van Loon cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: Dialin Access FreeBSD 2.1.5 In-Reply-To: <01BBCA72.C9C16D80@portA2b.vision.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Mark van Loon wrote: > I have setup a FreeBSD 2.1.5 box which has a modem for dialin access. > > The modem is a Vfast Class 28.8 You should contact the manufacturer to get a v.34 version. v.FC is horribly out of date. > The com ports only have 8250 uarts. Go buy some serial cards with 16550s. You'll be glad you did. You won't be able to push 28.8 with that hardware; _maybe_ 14.4. > I am using stty to set crtscts on the com ports. > > In /etc/ttys I have set the getty to std.38400 for each com port. (No > changes have been made to /etc/gettytab) I have followed the section in > the handbook on setting up dialin access and am still having problems. > > My problem is this: I cannot connect unless I set the getty speed to > std.9600 in /etc/ttys, and force the modem to connect at 9600. This will > give me a login prompt. Any other speed (28.8, 14.4) yields garbage. That is probably due to your old uart problem. > I suspect that the problem is occurring because the speed between the > computer and modem is different from the speed that the modems > negotiate. Possibly. Have you checked the Handbook? There is a section on setting up dialup servers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major