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Date:      Sun, 10 May 1998 12:24:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Rick Knebel <rknebel@csrlink.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dial-in
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510122404.4464U-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199805101604.MAA00422@blue.knebel.com>

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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Rick Knebel wrote:

> Hi,
> I am somewhat new to freebsd and am trying to set up my home box so I can dial 
> in from work.
> In the complete freebsd manual, it says to edit the /etc/ttys file which I did.
> My modem is on cuaa1 so I have a line in this file that looks like this.
> ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"  unknown  on  secure
> 
> When I try to dial this line the phone just rings but my modem does not
> answer. 

Did you see the part about enabling auto-answer on the modem?  getty
doesn't do that for you.

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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