Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 06:39:59 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew.Li@alcatel.com.au Subject: Re: ISDN Modems Message-ID: <20020830063959.M1088@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20020828074504.J8485-100000@bullseye.apana.org.au>; from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 07:49:59AM %2B1000 References: <20020827162531.K1088@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20020828074504.J8485-100000@bullseye.apana.org.au>
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On 2002-Aug-28 07:49:59 +1000, Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> wrote: >On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> I have several Eicon Diva 852 ISDN modems[1] that I'm trying to build >> a PPP link with (one modem is dial-out and one is dial-in). >> Unfortunately, the dial-in side is very flaky - most of the time, the >> dial-in modem refuses to answer (and reports BUSY). Eicon's response >> is that the modems work with Windows - and I suspect this means that >> the auto-answer capability is rarely (if ever) used. >> >> Has anyone else used these modems? Successfully with auto-answer? >> >> [1] http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/ISDN/Diva852.htm > >Would controlling the answer with something like mgetty help? Possibly, but I suspect not. If the modem was failing to answer at all, then mgetty could potentially be of use (by initiating a manual answer). In my case, since the modem is reporting BUSY, it seems unlikely that the terminating modem is even reporting "RING" to the associated DTE. We have since tried testing the modem using an NT server with the same results. Eicon then admitted that the Diva 852 doesn't work in auto- answer mode and have nominated an alternative model (which we are still organising). Overall, based on my experiences, I'd recommend avoiding Eicon in general. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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