From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 25 13:11:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA00783 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 13:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts16-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.203]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA00776 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 13:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00293; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 13:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 13:11:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Francis Percival C. Favoreal" cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: modems connected to BOCA 8-ports not responding In-Reply-To: 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 Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Francis Percival C. Favoreal wrote: > I have the following lines inserted in the kernel config: Looks OK (but I'm not familiar with multiport config). > I recompiled the kernel and rebooted. When the new kernel booted, sio4 > upto sio11 were found in their respective ports. OK there. > Now, I tried to connect one modem to the BOCA board to test if the modem > responds. I typed, > > echo at > /dev/ttyd4 > > and I saw no response. The modem's TR lights did not light up. I did this > for all, from ttyd5 upto ttydb and to no luck, the modem's TR lights still > did not light up. I don't think using echo as a test mechanism works. If anything, you should be using /dev/cuaa4 for dialout. ttyd? is for dialin / getty's and such. Try using a utility like cu/tip or seyon for X (something interactive) to test the modems. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major