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Date:      Sun, 7 Jul 1996 09:37:44 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
To:        tcg@ime.net
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions)
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.1 Help
Message-ID:  <199607070737.JAA15187@allegro.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <31DF6081.4029@ime.net> from "Gary Chrysler" at Jul 7, 96 03:00:17 am

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Gary Chrysler writes:
>
> Sridhar Krishnan wrote:
>>
>> Thanks taking the time to respond.
>>
>> 1. cu -l cuaa0
>> says "connected". Then when I type "ATDTE1Q0", I am expecting "OK".
>> Nothing happens. When I quit out with ~. it takes a minute to disconnect.
>> Yet another person aksed me disable PnP (plug and Play) option. I do not
>> know how-to. I'll give it a try. It is an internal modem and it is hard
>> to diagnose without any lights. I also tried cu -x9 -l cuaa0. Did not
>> help since there is no response from the modem. It is an MWave 28.8
>> Internal modem.
>>
>
> Combining commands and settings in the same string makes many brain
> dead modems choke and puke!

I haven't seen this one, but as somebody else pointed out, he's trying
to dial.

> For testing, Set you modem speaker on (most are default on)
> ATM1L3 <enter> (should get OK)
> ATDT <enter> (should get dialtone)

The very first thing I do with a new modem is even simpler:

AT

Every modem should come back right away with OK.  *Then* you can start
testing the modem.

Greg



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