From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 8 10:55:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA12590 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA12583 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:55:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smoke.microwiz.com (smoke.microwiz.com [206.100.22.130]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA02113 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:55:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jpm.microwiz.com (jpm.microwiz.com [206.100.22.140]) by smoke.microwiz.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA10416 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:53:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199609081753.KAA10416@smoke.microwiz.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "John McNamee" Organization: MicroWizards To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 10:56:11 PST Subject: Re: PAP Enabled Getty/ Windows 95 Support Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 7 Sep 96 at 17:18, Ali Lomonaco wrote: > I have used Joe Greco's PAP enabled getty rather than mgetty. It > lets the MODEM answer instead of FreeBSD. I believe this is a better > approach then using mgetty. This is an important difference, and people should consider which approach is best for them. I doubt there is one correct answer. I prefer mgetty. If my terminal server is dead, I'd prefer the phone not answer, rather than answering but having nothing work. Users understand no answer means the system is dead -- if it connects but doesn't work, the user is left wondering if it's their problem or mine. -- John McNamee MicroWizards Voice: 702-825-3535 / FAX: 702-825-3443 http://www.microwiz.com