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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!think.com!unixland!bill From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: want to dial in Message-ID: <1992Aug14.222957.12951@unixland.natick.ma.us> Date: 14 Aug 92 22:29:57 GMT References: <1992Aug11.100209.5029@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix (508) 655-3848 Lines: 16 kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) writes: >I want to use my 386BSD now for dialing in. >I tried the D2400 getty type and when I switched off-on my modem I saw the >send/receive leds on the modem flash in conjunction with a console >message saying that there was some overflow problem at com1 (silo or >something like that). It looked like there was a feedback storm at the >input port. If you used your modem for DOS, you'll have to change the default settings. (This isn't a 386BSD problem, but a generic UNIX issue). You need to turn off anything that echoes result codes or status back from the modem to the computer, or you'll have a getty war. -- bill@unixland.natick.ma.us ESIX Mailing List Moderator Public Access UNIX/USENET/E-MAIL! UUCP Accounts Available! (508) 655-3848 5 lines - Located in Natick, MA USA Supporting V.32/PEP/V.42bis, etc.