Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 04:46:40 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sio problems Message-ID: <199711200446.EAA16641@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:32:15 EST." <Pine.GSO.3.96.971119202431.7482A-100000@echonyc.com>
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> Hi there,
> I have been having problems with using my modem.
>
> This first showed up when I had an internal modem. Oh well, I thought,
> I've always wanted to own an external anyway, and then I bought an
> external modem. No help.
>
> Here are the symptoms:
>
> I can talk to my modem -- send it commands, etc. If I tell it "atdt" it
> picks up the line. If I tell it to dial, it does. It even hardware-
> handshakes with my ISP's modem. But I don't get any data back from it.
> It doesn't even echo my commands.
Well, the echo should start with "ATE1" (I think). You should save
this as the default - something like this:
AT
OK
ATZ
OK
ATE1
OK
AT&W
OK
> With userland ppp, I get the following output when I do a "show modem":
>
> device: /dev/cuaa1 speed: 38400
> cs8, no parity, CTS/RTS on.
> connect count: 0
> outq: ioctl probe failed: Interrupted system call
Oops - fixed in the latest version :-|
> outqlen: 0
>
> I've tried switching serial ports -- previously I had my mouse on cuaa1
> and my modem on cuaa0. No help.
>
> I'm at my wits' end here. I love this machine, I really want to be able
> to connect using it. Some of you here have used this box in the past when
> it was narcissus.ml.org. Please help. :-(
The ATE1 only affects the modem when it's in command mode. Are you
expecting a login prompt (or are you meant to talk PAP/CHAP) ?
> Ben
>
> "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
>
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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