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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Modem dialup help needed...
Date: 20 May 1996 21:53:41 GMT
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blakef@mrdata.com (Blake Freeburg) wrote:

>   I have a Practical Peripheral 28.8 MT II I am trying to hook up to my 
> FreeBSD box.  Anyone have some hints of what I would need to add to the 
> /etc/modems database as far as commands?  

/etc/modems is only used for tip(1).  Only few people seem to use this
program now anyway.

>   So far, I have gotten it to answer the call, but nothing more - no login 
> prompt.

What exactly did you do?  What's in your /etc/ttys?  Did you freeze
the modem on the DTE speed your getty is running on?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)