From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 10 01:32:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA29805 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:32:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from foo.primenet.com (ip32-012.lax.primenet.com [206.165.32.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA29800 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:32:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id BAA06735; Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:37:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:37:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610100837.BAA06735@foo.primenet.com> To: hmmm@alaska.net Subject: Re: iijPPP bug? Newsgroups: localhost.freebsd.questions References: From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: tony-o@iij.ad.jp, freebsd-questions X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >i believe i have found a BUG in iijPPP. >man CHAT states "\\" = '\' >i have a modem (motorola UDS) that uses "\Q3" for CTS/RTS flow. >in PPP.CONF i try "AT&F&C1\\Q3" >i start to CONNECT, but crash. >i check PPP.LOG and find that AT&F&C1Q3 was sent, > and that WON'T work for sure! Yes. I looked at my ppp.conf, and I noticed this. You need to quote the \ again, so that \ -> \\ -> \\\\ (whew!). This isn't pretty, but it _should_ work (I didn't test it, but this seems to match what I'm seeing). >ps. for people moving from DOS to BSD and/or people new to UNIX, i've >been working hard on a straightforward, easy to follow, bug free FreeBSD >installation guide (includes Printer/Slynx/Pine/POP/Ftp/Telnet/PPP cfg's). >pps. if i'm mistaken about something, i pre-apologize. of course, i >work around it by programming the modems Flash (ATZ) ... > >iijpps. i'm not on the maillist ... (Re to ME!) >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Harry Browne for President! http://www.alaska.net/~hmmm >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/