Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:43:08 -700 From: James A.Taylor <jataylor@xmission.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Stuart Henderson <sh@eclipse.net.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user ppp, getty and automatic baud rate detection Message-ID: <E11vPZs-0002WL-00@mail.xmission.com>
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> > > 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@Awfulhak.org> 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
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