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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:17:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Paul Chen <paulc@objectstream.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: modem setup....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112191608.22079W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34B2E8E2.8955C4D1@objectstream.com>

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On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Paul Chen wrote:

> I'm trying to set up my modem on a
> FBSD2.2.2.

Did you check the Handbook?  

> I know my modem picks up and dials out
> because I have
> tried the modem on my sparc machines. 
> But on FBSD, I am
> not able to even communicate with the
> modem.

Hm....

> I'm pretty sure that my setup on BSD is
> correct because of this:
>   161  ??  I      0:00.02
> /usr/libexec/getty std.9600 ttyd0
> 
> When I dial in onto the BSD machine, the
> AA light blinks, the
> modem will not answer the call.

Well, no; our getty depends on the modem to answer the call.  

Try this:

1.  drop to term mode
2.  Issue ATS0=1 to answer on first ring
3.  Issue AT&W to write the setting to memory
4.  Make sure /etc/gettytab issues `ATZ' to initialize the modem

Please check the Handbook for more information.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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