Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 11:03:20 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: dicen@hooked.net Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User ppp not hanging up modem. Message-ID: <199612211803.LAA27167@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <32BBB4C1.794BDF32@hooked.net> References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.961221100409.6960B-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> <32BBA85F.41C67EA6@hooked.net> <199612211751.KAA27123@rocky.mt.sri.com> <32BBB4C1.794BDF32@hooked.net>
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[ Reduced the Cc list to one mailing list ] > > That's *NOT* the correct thing. What happens when for some reason > > PPP happens to send the sequence '+++' to the modem? All of a sudden > > it'll drop into command mode and you're screwed. User-PPP (as well as > > all other PPP/SLIP implementations I've worked with) assumes that you've > > disabled the escape sequence at least temporarily. > > Interesting. But, what exactly is the prabobalitity of that? I will have > think about this one. Not much, but if it happens it's a pain. > > Most of this *is* already documented in the FreeBSD handbook. > > Nope. Nope. Nope. I have look through the entire /usr/share/doc tree and > didn't find anything about ppp not hanging up modems, etc.. It discusses setting up the modems for PPP. If you don't follow the instructions then the behavior you see is undocumented. I don't ever remember seeing in my Chrysler manual an answer to a question that my car won't move because I forgot to stick oil in it and the engine locked up. You can't answer *every* question when the folks aren't willing to read the setup documentation. Nate
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