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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: PPP under 386BSD's?
Date: 11 Feb 1994 14:32:05 GMT
Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT
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In article <CKxv55.KxB@rex.uokhsc.edu>,
Benjamin Z. Goldsteen <benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu> wrote:
>
>     This weekend I tried to install FreeBSD 1.0e to test out the PPP
>server Networking is working on.
..

>I have some strange problems with my serial
>ports -- whenever I started up Kermit and "set line /dev/tty00", it
>would hang until I pressed "<Ctrl>C" but then it worked like a charm.

This is answered every couple days, and is in the FAQ.

When running FreeBSD sio drivers in non-bidir mode, you must

# stty -f /dev/tty00 clocal

Before being able to connect to your device.

>
>[ I should note, the SIO drivers are MUCH MUCH better than the old COM
>drivers that came with 386BSD 0.1!  Hats off to whoever did the new
>drivers! ]

Bruce Evans and Guido van Rooij (sp?) deserve the credit for 1.0.


Nate

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