Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:25:54 -0700 From: underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Modem replies to commands mostly not seen. Message-ID: <bhadbhag4t.dbh@mail.comcast.net>
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I hooked up an external 28.8 modem after continuity-cheking the cable but the lights didn't seem right, as I remember them. (I've not use my modem for several years.) Modem doesn't respond to terminal emulator commands and seems broken, so I throw in an internal (non-winmodem) Sportster (that I've just seen working OK under Linux). Boot message looks OK as it flashes by; it identifies the proper UART, IRQs, etc, (but not an ID string from the modem -- I don't know if that's expected or not). I hand-set the "COM #" and "IRQ" and made things match in /boot/device.hints. And it sort of works. I'm using "/dev/cuaa3". When I run a terminal emulator (tip, seyon, and minicom, so far), I get the same behavior: 1) Each character typed isn't seen until I type the next character. 2) Giving it the "AT" command (or most others), it never says "OK", but a few info commands, like "ATI6" will slowly spit out their reply (even ending with "OK") if I bang away on the keys, one or two characters per key. Looks like some kind of flow-control problem, but I've tried lots of fixes (using the terminal emulator's config controls) and always get the same behavior. I've even messed with some of the "stty" stuff, though I think that should be overruled by the terminal emulators (except maybe "tip", which I barely know). Any hints? Thanks.
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