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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 1996 21:15:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        ben@stuyts.nl
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5R: UUCP errors, no flow control?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960715211438.2447B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9607152248.AA15375@daneel.stuyts.nl>

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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Ben Stuyts wrote:

> First of all, I am new to FreeBSD, but am very impressed with what I've seen  
> so far. I have a little problem though: I am setting up a system with 2.1.5R,  
> and I can't get UUCP to work properly.
> 
> There is an external modem (ZyXEL 1496E+) on cuaa1, and I am trying to  
> connect with another system through UUCP. Outgoing files go just fine, but  
> incoming files give lots of NAK's, checksum errors, etc. I do not see any  
> RTS/CTS flow control (I have one of those little RS232 tester on the rs232  
> port), so I suspect it must be related to that.

I would suspect your modem isn't set to assert hardware flow control then.
Adjust your modem as necessary and see if that helps.

Or your cable is incomplete; make sure to get a complete serial cable that
supports hardware flow control.

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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