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- From: arumble@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Anthony Rumble)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Modem dial-in procedures needed
- Message-ID: <arumble.713932944@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 02:42:24 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.052324.8490@athena.mit.edu> <1992Aug13.094556.24941@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Aug13.052324.8490@athena.mit.edu> chchen@stat.fsu.edu writes:
- >>I've seen several discussions about modem dial-in for Linux system. I
- >>got two unsolved questions here:
- >>
- >>I will be greatly appreciated if someone can post his whole procedures
- >>to allow modem dial-in.
-
- >The best approach if you are dedicating your modem to this is to
- >set the parameters and save them in the modems non volatile
- >memory. If I remember right I have the following set-
- >echo off
- >hangup on dtr being dropped
- >no result codes
- >answer on one ring
-
- >I saved these and then turned on the switch that makes it ignore
- >at commands. This prevents the computer sending garbage to the modem
- >and making it do weird things.
-
- This isn't the best way of doing things, as soon as I clean up my
- Modem Server, ill post it.. The only problem I am having with it at the moment
- is that for some reason, the MNP init characters being sent by the calling
- modem seems to make the TTY go wierd, and hang up the modem?!?!?
- Haven't worked that one out yet, when I do, ill post it..
-
- >One possible problem you may run into is that getty doesn't hold
- >DTR down for long enough, if your modem doesn't always hang up you
- >can make a shell script-
- >getty1
- >#!/bin/sh
- >sleep 10
- >exec /bin/agetty $*
-
- >this will hold dtr down for 10 seconds.
-
- Also.. Another funny thing ive found, is that if people Drop CArrier..
- It usually kills the program that their in.. But NOT the SHELL!!!
-
- Ie.. Say there in ELM, and their line dropps out.. ELM quits fine
- But the Shell is still there!.. Echoing to the modem forever, or
- until I kill the process..
-
- Is there anything that can be done about this anyone??
- --
- Anthony Rumble
- aka SmilieZ
- "Anything is possible.. If there is enuf money in it"
-