Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:29:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mark van Loon <mvanloon@vision.net.au> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dialin Access FreeBSD 2.1.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961104122750.4806G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BBCA72.C9C16D80@portA2b.vision.net.au>
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On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Mark van Loon wrote: > I have setup a FreeBSD 2.1.5 box which has a modem for dialin access. > > The modem is a Vfast Class 28.8 You should contact the manufacturer to get a v.34 version. v.FC is horribly out of date. > The com ports only have 8250 uarts. Go buy some serial cards with 16550s. You'll be glad you did. You won't be able to push 28.8 with that hardware; _maybe_ 14.4. > I am using stty to set crtscts on the com ports. > > In /etc/ttys I have set the getty to std.38400 for each com port. (No > changes have been made to /etc/gettytab) I have followed the section in > the handbook on setting up dialin access and am still having problems. > > My problem is this: I cannot connect unless I set the getty speed to > std.9600 in /etc/ttys, and force the modem to connect at 9600. This will > give me a login prompt. Any other speed (28.8, 14.4) yields garbage. That is probably due to your old uart problem. > I suspect that the problem is occurring because the speed between the > computer and modem is different from the speed that the modems > negotiate. Possibly. Have you checked the Handbook? There is a section on setting up dialup servers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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