From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 22 13:42:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA00772 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 13:42:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (root@buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA00760 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 13:42:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet1.buffnet.net (mmdf@buffnet1.buffnet.net [205.246.19.10]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA32397 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:44:04 GMT Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net by buffnet1.buffnet.net id aa15705; 22 Oct 96 16:48 EDT Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 16:48:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve To: Neal Rigney cc: bwatts@nwohio.com, John Fieber , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modems not answering In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You have to set the modem to auto answer - unix wont do it for you. You must also set the modem to a constant baud rate, that being the baud rate you set as default when you set up your serial ports. On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Neal Rigney wrote: > On Mon, 21 Oct 1996 bwatts@nwohio.com wrote: > > > I have setup a Boca multiport 16 and can now communicate with all of the ports. > > However when you call in to the server it will not answer or if I use a > > US Robotics Modem it will answer if I set the dip switch to answer > > automatically. > > However it will only give me giberish . Any Ideas? > > > > bwatts@nwohio.com > > > > > > Check the speed you have the USR at. If you issue a at&w at a baud(say > 38400), the USR will assume you ALWAYS want that speed. > > Don't know anything about the Bocas. Sorry. > > -- > Neal Rigney, PERnet Communications, (409)729-4638 > neal@mail.pernet.net > > >