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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!newsbreeder.radio.cz!news.radio.cz!CESspool!news.apfel.de!news.maxwell.syr.edu!worldnet.att.net!cbgw2.lucent.com!news.bu.edu!acs4.bu.edu!rdmurphy From: rdmurphy@bu.edu (Russell Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mini-Network ?'s Date: 21 Feb 1997 14:09:26 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5ekaam$83a@news.bu.edu> References: <5dbio1$91b$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <5dst9j$e5j@news.cc.utah.edu> <seth-1902970013460001@seth.leigh> NNTP-Posting-Host: acs4.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35877 Seth Leigh (seth@pengar.com) wrote: : I have run into several situations where the modem is still talking (modem : noises can be heard when the phone is picked up) , but the ppp program : thinks there is no connection, and I CAN'T get the modem to hang up, : unless I literally REBOOT the machine. I have tried echoing commands to I have run into a similar problem; I don't have a real fix for it, but do have an easier way to recover than re-booting: 1) close and quit ppp 2) su (become root) 3) cu -l /dev/cuaa1 (my internal modem is on sio1) 4) +++ (to get the modem's attention) 5) (after modem says OK) ath (to hangup) 6) exit (no longer root) Russ Murphy