From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 11 16:57:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA15107 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:57:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wedge.its.utas.edu.au (cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA15098 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:57:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.its.utas.edu.au (8.7.1/8.6.6) id JAA19839; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:57:28 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:57:28 +1000 (EST) From: Carey Nairn X-Sender: cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au Reply-To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au To: Scott Blachowicz cc: Chuck Robey , 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... > I actually saw an ad in a catalog for a local store for an internal modem which had a panel which fitted in as a blank for a 3.5" drive bay. This had all the normal status lights AND a reset button. Pity the modem wasn't much good... All Internal modems should have something like this. Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Infrastructure Services ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================