Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:19:57 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: gkaplan <gkaplan@castle.net> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: kermit Message-ID: <199903221619.QAA12804@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:03:12 EST." <36F65BB0.C7AFF808@castle.net>
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This sounds like either you're talking to Compuserve (or
similar) and need to ``set parity even'', or maybe your modem is
doing software flow control (and ppp isn't).
If you got as far as running ppp (and saw hdlc errors), this
indicates that it's a flow control thing. Make sure you switch your
modem to hardware flow control and things should work. Also, check
for your ISP sending a non-zero ACCMAP (enable LCP logging). If they
are, make sure that you've got a recent enough version of ppp to
reciprocate (with a similar ACCMAP). If you haven't, you must set
the accmap manually in ppp.conf.
> 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.
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