From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 22 7: 7:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lance.castle.net (lance.castle.net [199.173.5.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A8AD14BD5 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:07:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gkaplan@castle.net) Received: (qmail 3742 invoked from network); 22 Mar 1999 15:04:58 -0000 Received: from parsip-net-15.intac.com (HELO castle.net) (199.173.8.26) by lance.castle.net with SMTP; 22 Mar 1999 15:04:58 -0000 Message-ID: <36F65BB0.C7AFF808@castle.net> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:03:12 -0500 From: gkaplan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Somers Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: kermit References: <199903191832.SAA02385@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The reason for my asking about kermit is that I want to verify that my modem is working correctly. I don't believe that that is a problem with ppp, in fact I have been getting very useful results from viewing the log file /var/log/ppp.log I believe that my problem is either with an inappropriate TERM definition or with the modem setup, and that I am ignorant of how to approach the problem. A recent result in attempting to connect to my isp through (telnet(ppp)) is that I recorded many hdlc errors along with partial transmission of an initial menu from that remote ( not the login but rather communication subsequent to the login). I am more inclined to question my modem because I have had the same result with netscape. Thank you for your input. Brian Somers wrote: > > It was suggested to me that I may be able to use kermit to resolve some > > problems that I have establishing a serial line connection to my isp. > > 1.) what functions would be partially replaced, and/or fully replaced by > > kermit ? > > None. Kermit can be used to prove that the problem is with the > serial port rather than with ppp. If kermit works, ppp should, if > kermit doesn't, ppp won't. People find that easier to accept than > believing that ppp is not to blame for dodgy or misconfigured > hardware. > > > 2.) which version of kermit would be the logical choice to use with > > 2.2.8 ,or with 3.1? > > The one in the ports collection. > -- > Brian > > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message