Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:02:03 -0500 (EST) From: Samy Touati <lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: garbage on 2400b dial-in connection Message-ID: <Pine.Sola.3.91.960115140106.16096A-100000@chicago> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960111183435.6728E-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>
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Hi, I have 2400 modem on the remote part of the connection and I didn't find a way to set them to accept hardware flow control. There was no command to set it. I have a supra modem 2400. Samy On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Samy Touati wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I installed 2.1 and hooked a 14.4kb modem to it. > > I configured the machine to accept dial in connections. Everything is > > fine when I log in from a 14.4kb modem but if I call from a 2400 bauds > > modem, it works fine but I get garbage after a long ls -l listing or a ps > > -axu listing. > > What is wrong, the connection is ok my modem attached to my 2.1 machine > > switches to 2400 bauds correctly and the connection is ok, it's only the > > garbage that lets programs like vi or pine behave unusable. > > It sounds like you have the hardware flow control not working correctly. > Make sure your modem has the rts and cts lines wired up, and that yuo > have the modem optioned for hardware flow control. > > You see, when you log in at 2400, the modem at the host is still talking > to the host at the full rate, and expects to be able to tell the host to > "wait up" when the host starts to overrun the modem's buffer. If you > don't do that, you will see garbage on even moderately long listings. > > > > > Any clues? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Samy > > > > > > ============================================================================ > Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area > features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour > of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high > school photos and much more!: > <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>; > >
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