From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 4 21:15:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA14620 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 21:15:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [207.240.140.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA14609 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 1997 21:15:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA01682; Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:22:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 00:22:32 -0400 (EDT) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Brian Somers cc: Nate Williams , Greg Lehey , Mike Smith , Jaye Mathisen , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyway to get connect speed with usermode ppp/tun0 device? In-Reply-To: <199709050104.CAA27023@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hmmm... My roommate has a box running NT 4.0, and we found a "Dialup Networking Serial Cable between two PCs" modem type under the "standard modem types" section of the modem setup screen. This may get you further along... I've also seen a "null modem cable" .inf file available for download for those that want their 'Doze box to connect directly to a term server's serial port. I have no idea what RAS would think of that, but it's another possibility... Good luck! Charles On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > > > that, and the NT RAS won't talk to my null-modem cable (the breakout > > > box says it's putting up the correct lines, but the RAS never sees > > > anything, and the client sends stuff and never gets a reply) !!!! > > > > I know this sounds silly, but have you tried chatting with NT and typing: > > > > RING > > > > RING > > > > CONNECT 28800 > > > > RAS is a bit strange; I don't think it puts a modem in AA, it just waits > > for the modem to tell it there's a ring and then waits for CONNECT > > results... > > Thanks for the suggestion. I can get RAS to attempt to "initialize" > the modem now, but *always* at 19200 :( > > The only speeds that I can connect at are 4800, 9600, 14400 & 28800 > (hmmm, *very* modemy), but irrespective of which speed I use, RAS > always sets the port speed to 19200 and says "initializing modem" > 'till I drop DTR. > > I get a small amount of garbage - consistent garbage - but I can't > seem to get things to agree. > > Arrrgggghhh ! > > > Charles > > > > -- > Brian , > > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... > >