Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 03:48:40 +0100 From: "Andy Coates" <andy@friends-tv.net> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>, "Jonathan Chen" <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Keeping the modem from dropping Message-ID: <015401bfbaf3$6fba1ab0$0100a8c0@blade> References: <011e01bfbae8$07e6d2d0$0100a8c0@blade> <20000511134251.A1181@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n> <20000510195712.S28180@fw.wintelcom.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "Jonathan Chen" <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz> Cc: "Andy Coates" <andy@friends-tv.net>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:57 AM Subject: Re: Keeping the modem from dropping > * Jonathan Chen <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz> [000510 19:15] wrote: > > On Thu, May 11, 2000 at 02:27:09AM +0100, Andy Coates wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I remember a mate who runs linux saying he could compile into his kernel so > > > that if the modem was given the signal to drop by the ISP it would like > > > ignore it and stay connected. > > > > Really? How does it deal with the fact the ISP will have dropped > > carrier? Sounds like he's either got his facts wrong or he's talking > > about something else altogether. Yeah i couldn't figure that out, but the ISP banned his number because he was on too long :-) > He most likely is talking about the +++ATH0 problem with most newer > modems, there's a string to fix it that you can use as part of your > AT string to init the modem. Unfortunatly I don't remeber the > string offhand, it may be ATS2=255, but I'm unsure. > > Weird that it'd wind up in the Linux kernel. :) Isn't pppd part of the kernel in some respect? Maybe it was that, I can't exactly remember what he said. Andy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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