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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!psinntp!adam.cc.sunysb.edu!newsserv.cs.sunysb.edu!starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu!localhost!gene From: gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu (Gene Stark) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: gettytab & dialins Date: 20 Jan 95 07:02:30 Organization: Gene Stark's home system Lines: 45 Message-ID: <GENE.95Jan20070230@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu> References: <3feimq$17v@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.cs.sunysb.edu In-reply-to: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk's message of 16 Jan 1995 19:50:50 -0000 In article <3feimq$17v@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers,London,(0956) 361 769,(0181) 840 7880) writes: I'm trying to receive dialins on a sio port (ttyd2) on FreeBSD-2.0-RELEASE. Can any kind soul __HELP__ !!!??! The modem-modem connection is no problem, it's the line configuration. The dialer is set at 8 bits, no parity, one stop bit. The listener won't work no matter what I try, sometimes I get nothing, others I get garbage. Please spend a minute and solve my problems.... :( This type of problem is caused by a speed mismatch between the speed saved in your modem NVRAM and what getty is using. It is important to be sure that they agree. First check: 1. Your modem is set up to reset on DTR drop. 2. Your modem is set to lock the RS-232 speed and to negotiate the highest possible phone line speed. 2. You can successfully dial out. 3. You have the correct speed entry in /etc/ttys. Then, let's say you wanted getty to run at 57600 baud, which matches entry that you put in /etc/ttys. Execute the following procedure: %kermit kermit> set line your_dialout_device kermit> set speed 57600 kermit> connect AT OK AT&W The first AT initializes your modem to 57600 on the RS-232 interface. It is important that this AT be output at 57600 baud, so that the modem autobauds on it. You can use "tip" instead of "kermit", but you have to mess with /etc/remote. The AT&W writes the speed setting in NVRAM. From then on, whenever your modem resets, it will reset to 57600. This will make getty happy, and you shouldn't have any trouble with dialins. - Gene Stark