\pard\tx960\tx1920\tx2880\tx3840\tx4800\tx5760\tx6720\tx7680\tx8640\tx9600\f0\b0\i0\ulnone\fs28\fc1\cf1 Q: When trying to set up my modem, getty seems to make my send and receive lights flash, and there are strange login processes running in my process table.\
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A: The problems you are seeing are due to your modem's 'character echo' setting. The character echo setting (typically set with ATEx where x = 1 or 0) tells the modem to either echo characters back or not. Character echo should be turned OFF. \
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The following list contains suggestions that can help you configure your modem properly:\
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\fi-980\li980 • A hardware handshake cable should be used, and modem should be configured properly for hardware handshaking (also known as rts/cts flow control).\
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For example: ATelebit T3000 uses register s68 to define hardware flow control. It should be set for RTS/CTS flow control ON.\
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\fi-980\li980 • The entries in /etc/ttys and /etc/gettytab whether or not you are using the " f " flow control device drivers. For example:\
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\pard\tx960\tx2160\tx6120\tx7380\tx8280\tx8640\tx9600\f1\fs24\fc1\cf1 ttyda "/usr/etc/getty std.9600" unknown off secure\