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- From: earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed)
- Subject: Binding Systems entries to specific Dialers entries (and not Devices)?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.193621.11013@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Followup-To: comp.mail.uucp
- Keywords: Dialers Devices Systems HDB
- Organization: Gainfully unemployed
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:36:21 GMT
- Lines: 51
-
- I'm using HoneyDanBer UUCP on a SunOS 4.1.2 system. I'm sure I can't be the
- first person to run up against this one:
-
- I have several sites that are either UUCP neighbors or are "cu" hosts. Some
- of them have Telebit WorldBlazers at the other end, some of them have T2500's,
- some have other modems, etc.
-
- The common thing between them is that I like to run the local side at 38400
- baud, no matter what the nature of the connection is.
-
- The net result is that I end up with a lot of different Dialers entries, like
-
- tb9600v42 =W-, "" \dA\pA\pA\pTE1V1X11Q0S2=255S12=255S50=6S58=2S111=30S1\
- 80=2S181=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT\s38400/LAPM/COMP/9600 STTY=crtscts
-
- tb9600mnp =W-, "" \dA\pA\pA\pTE1V1X11Q0S2=255S12=255S50=6S58=2S111=30S1\
- 80=3S181=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT\s38400/REL/COMP/9600 STTY=crtscts
-
- tb14400mnp =W-, "" \dA\pA\pA\pTE1V1X11Q0S2=255S12=255S50=7S58=2S111=30S1\
- 80=3S181=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT\s38400/REL/COMP/14400 STTY=crtscts
-
- etc. etc. ... which results in Devices entries like
-
- ACU cua0 - 38400 tb14400mnp \T
- ACU cua0 - 38400 tb9600mnp \T
- ACU cua0 - 38400 tb9600v42 \T
- ACU cua0 - 38400 tb9600 \T
-
- So, whenever I put "38400" into the "Class" field of the Systems file entry,
- uucico always tries "tb14400mnp" first, then "tb9600mnp", etc.
-
- But sometimes, I only want one tried. For example, I talk to a T2500 via "cu",
- and thus I only want it to use the "tb9600mnp" entry. But if I "cu thathost"
- I have to wait for the "tb14400mnp" entry to be tried, connection made, time
- out and carrier dropped before the "correct" one is tried.
-
- Is there some way to tie a Systems entry directly to the Dialer of choice,
- rather than what is happening? I haven't tried any other setup, because I
- assume that the speed field has to say "38400" so uucico will know what to set
- the line speed to.
-
- What solutions have others come up with? Or have you just punted, and set
- X to X0 and S59 to 0 (if you've got a Telebit) so it won't return the extended
- CONNECT codes, and hope for the best?
-
- Thanks in advance,
-
- --
- - Greg Earle
- Sun Consultant, California Microwave, Inc.
- earle@cminet.UUCP-neighbor.visicom.VisiCom.COM
-