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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dial-up line problems
Date: 18 Nov 1995 13:25:43 +0100
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Justin England <england@netcom.com> wrote:
>I have setup a modem to allow dial-in access from home and having troubles 
>getting it to work right.  I have the following lines in my ttys file:
>
>ttyd1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  dialup  on 
>cuaa1   "/usr/libexec/getty std.38400"  vt102   off secure
>
>I can use the cuaa1 device to dial out with tip/cu no problem, but when I try 
>to dial in, the modem answers and all I get is garbage.

You must lock the DTE speed of your modem to 38400, so it does answer
the incoming call with 38400 Baud on its V.24 connector.  See the
modem manual.
-- 
cheers, J"org

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