From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 7 10:43:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.xmission.com (mail.xmission.com [198.60.22.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5DFD1552F; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:43:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jataylor@xmission.com) Received: from www by mail.xmission.com with local (Exim 3.03 #3) id 11vPZs-0002WL-00; Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:43:08 -0700 Content-Length: 1340 X-Originating-IP: [166.70.12.185] Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:43:08 -700 Subject: Re: user ppp, getty and automatic baud rate detection From: James A.Taylor X-Mailer: IMHO for Roxen MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Stuart Henderson , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: Brian Somers Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > I just tried logging in via a regular dial-up > > > terminal application rather than ppp and found > > > that at 19200 I get a login prompt however at > > > other speeds all I get is garbage characters. > > > > okay, your modem is set to switch com port speed to the > > actual line speed. I would take a wild guess that it may have > > been used in a wildcat or pcboard bbs before to have been > > set in that way :) You'll need to play with the nonvolatile > > ram settings in the modem and get it to use the more > > standard "fixed com port speed" config and then std.115200 > > should be fine. Until you do this, I think the only speeds > > you'll ever see are 300/1200/2400/4800/9600/19200. > > Once the speed has been put in /etc/ttys (and init HUPd), you also > need to connect to the modem (you can use ppp in command mode) at > the same speed and do a few ATs to train it to that speed. > > -- > Brian Brian's suggestion to train the modem to the new speed was most helpful. The only problem I have is that if the modem loses power you have to re-train it before it will answer. Is their a way to get around this need to re-train or automatically train it before the modem answers each caller? Thanks all for your help James A. Taylor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message