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- From: ellis@nova.gmi.edu (R. Stewart Ellis)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How to stop modem dialling when no dial-tone present
- Date: 15 Feb 96 13:44:09 GMT
- Organization: GMI Engineering&Management Institute, Flint, MI
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- References: <4e0v6g$i2@etude.demon.co.uk> <DLt2v4.B1s@mail.auburn.edu> <31212cd1.4902373@news.easynet.co.uk>
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- bancroft@easynet.co.uk (Alan Bancroft) writes:
-
- >On Fri, 26 Jan 1996 20:42:39 GMT, doug@eng.auburn.edu (Doug Hughes)
- >wrote:
-
- >>
- >>In article <4e0v6g$i2@etude.demon.co.uk>, dar@etude.demon.co.uk writes:
- >>|> I am using Solaris 2.4 PPP to connect via a Zoom modem to my local ISP (Demon)
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>|>
- >>|> It works fine, except it will dial whether there is a dial tone or not (upsets the wife!)
- >>|>
- >>|> So can someone give me a clue how to alter which /etc/uucp files or whatever, so the
- >>|> dial will wait (ideally) or abort if there is no initial dial tone present. (I understand
- >>|> the version of UUCP on Solaris 2.4 is BNU/HoneyDanBer)
- >>|> Thanx - David:)
- >>
- >>Usually, that's an ATX setting (usually ATX4 - dial without dialtone,
- >>ATX3 - wait for dialtone). Make sure it's set correctly for you
- >>particular modem in /etc/uucp/Dialers.
- >>
- >>--
- >>____________________________________________________________________________
- >>Doug Hughes Engineering Network Services
- >>System/Net Admin Auburn University
- >> doug@eng.auburn.edu
- >If you're using win95 you can change the dialling properties to detect
- >dial tone before dialling.
-
- What is the point of the off-topic injection of windoze95 into this?
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