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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: login via modem problems
Date: 9 Sep 1996 17:34:18 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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"Craig Stratton" <craig@nettec.co.uk> wrote:

> Sometimes get garble when connected, possibly indicating login ? but no
> login process appears on server.

Typical indication that the modem's speed doesn't match the getty's
speed.

Remember, on a regular Unix getty (unlike with mgetty or other stuff),
there's nobody telling the modem ``AT'' to initialize it to a known
speed.

-- 
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. ;-)