From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Aug 27 21:15: 8 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 7156537B400 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:15:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from posgate.acis.com.au (posgate.acis.com.au [203.14.230.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B128643E4A for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:15:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (dialup-2.aaa.net.au [203.14.230.67]) by posgate.acis.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7S4EVQ23145; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:14:32 +1000 Received: from localhost (andymac@localhost) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7RLnxd08572; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:50:00 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 07:49:59 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Peter Jeremy Cc: , Subject: Re: ISDN Modems In-Reply-To: <20020827162531.K1088@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> Message-ID: <20020828074504.J8485-100000@bullseye.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 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? (sorry, not familiar with the hardware in question, but mgetty works well for me with a fax modem with distinctive ring support - one number for data, other for fax) -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (pref) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@pcug.org.au (alt) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Web: http://www.andymac.org/ | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message