From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 16:34:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA14084 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:34:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po1.glue.umd.edu (po1.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.44]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA14075 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:34:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ginger.eng.umd.edu (ginger.eng.umd.edu [129.2.103.20]) by po1.glue.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA01432; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:31:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by ginger.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA08295; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:31:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:31:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@ginger.eng.umd.edu To: Scott Blachowicz cc: Gary Chrysler , Terry Lambert , Martin Loeffler , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forcing a modem to hangup 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 Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Scott Blachowicz wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > modems, just because they eliminate two of the most commonly used > > troubleshooting tools (front panel lights and breakout boxes). > > ...not to mention the [separate] power switch. Seems I power cycle modems to > reset state occasionally... > > Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) I agree. I guess folks without any hardware background COULD be intimidated by the extra hardware, but with the level of help that's available from the FreeBSD lists, it kinda seems strange to me to get an internal modem. Maybe some folks want to save the 5-20 buck difference in price ... ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------