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- From: ramana@inferno.rutgers.edu (Ramana Isukapalli)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin
- Subject: Help with modem
- Keywords: Modem, Dialing, IRIS, Slip
- Message-ID: <Jan.4.23.13.30.1993.5870@inferno.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 04:13:31 GMT
- Followup-To: comp.sys.sgi.admin
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Hi, I need some help regarding attaching a modem to an IRIS
- workstation. We have a SG Iris workstation, that is not on the
- internet. We are trying to attach a modem (telebit trailblazer)
- to it. The software we are using for dialing is /usr/etc/slip.
-
- As given in the manuals, I have changed the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems,
- /usr/lib/uucp/Devices and /usr/lib/uucp/Dialcodes files. The changes
- basically indicate that a modem is attached to the computer at a
- specific port, and they also gives the dialing number, the hostname
- at the other end to login after successful dialing.
-
- The problems I have right now are :
-
- The computer can identify the device, but it cannot dial. There
- are no errors that come up when I try to dial. To debug, I used
- the following.
-
- cu -s 9600 -l /dev/ttym2 -- This comes out proplerly, and the
- computer can identify the device,
- ttym2.
-
- cu -d remote-host -- Comes out correctly and there are
- no errors.
-
- /usr/etc/slip -cp comp -r remotehost. -- This just hangs. It is
- supposed to dial the
- number given in the
- above mentioned files
- (or atleast that is my
- understanding).
-
- Can you please tell me :
-
- 1. Where am I making a mistake, and what is the reason for not
- dialing ?
-
- 2. Why are there no error messages atleast ?
-
- 3. How can I read/change the modem configuration ? Slip does not
- seem to have any way to access/change the modem setup. Is
- there something else that does it ? We did not buy any other
- software assuming slip does what is required.
-
- 4. What is a good source to know of slip on Iris apart from the
- manual pages ?
-
- Please respond to the email address given below. Thanks a lot in
- advance.
-
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-
- -- Ramana
- email: ramana@paul.rutgers.edu
-