Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:39:02 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org>, Efren Bravo <efrenba@dhl.co.cu> Cc: freeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Modem doesn't answer the phone Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050929153734.04f9a9c0@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <20050929183620.S26330@tripel.monochrome.org> References: <WorldClient-F200509291710.AA10570037@dhl.co.cu> <20050929183620.S26330@tripel.monochrome.org>
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At 03:39 PM 9/29/2005, Chris Hill wrote: >On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Efren Bravo wrote: > >>I need your help about incoming connections through the modem. >> >>My modem is a External CNet C56k v.92 Data/Fax Modem and it is >>unable to answer the phone. I made a test with an old Motorola >>V.3292 modem and it works well. The CNet modem works fine on Win2k >>Advanced Server. >> >>Where could be the problem, on fBSD box or on the modem? >>What can I do? > >You probably have to tell the modem to auto-answer incoming calls. >The command is ATA, according to >http://www.modemhelp.net/basicatcommand.shtml. I'd put this in a >modem initialization script somewhere, but I haven't used a modem >since 3.1 so I'm not sure exactly where that would go. Actually, ata will tell the modem to pick up the phone and answer now. ats0=1 will tell the modem to auto answer when the phone rings. at&w will typically tell the modem to write the current settings to nvram so that they are available the next time it's turned on. -Glenn >HTH. > >-- >Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org >** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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