Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 23:07:35 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: David Goddard <goddard@acm.org> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp hanging problem Message-ID: <199901292307.XAA11139@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 29 Jan 1999 21:31:05 GMT." <3.0.3.32.19990129213105.00a254e0@mailgate.ftech.net>
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> >Answer 2:
> >Does ``set accmap 000a0000'' help ? If it did, that'd be one for the
> >books :-)
>
> I haven't had a chance to try this yet (but will). However, what does this
> actually mean?
>
> I've found the following snippet on the web, but my knowledge of modems is
> not exactly exhaustive.
>
> : If your link freezes as soon as you've connected and you see
> : a large number of FCS errors, this may be because your link is
> : not 8 bit clean. Make sure your modem is not using software
> : flow control (XON/XOFF). If your datalink must use
> : software flow control, use the command set accmap 0x000a0000
> : to tell ppp to escape the ^Q and ^S characters.
The accmap is a bitmask - 000a0000 maps to bits 17 & 19 (^Q & ^S) -
that specifies binary values of less than 32 that should be escaped.
> Off the top of your head, do you know of any good sources that I can use to
> better educate myself on what is going on here?
Not really. I've got my information from RFCs and the ppp sources...
> Thanks for the help - I have a few things to check out now...
> [I'll send a note to the list with anything concrete that comes out of this]
>
> Dave
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Cheers.
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