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Re: Modem Problems



Try setting up a specific acount for dial-in login sessions and have a
.logout script send a: % echo ATZ > /dev/modem

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On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Jonathan Ben-Avraham wrote:

> Hi!
> I have a number of sites using various modems. They all have a common
> problem: Sometimes the modem does not get reset and then you cant
> connect to the site again without someone physically resetting the modem.
> 
> Further details:
> Scenario 1:
>     I call from my home to tcltek.co.il. In the middle of the session the line
>     drops. I then redial. The modem on my linux 1.3.99 does not pick up the
>     phone. I kill the getty process ( inittab restarts it). I call again.
>     Still no answer untill I reboot.
> Scenario 2:
>     I call into another linux 1.3.99 box that has modems attached to
>     a Stallion 4port board. The modems answer. I login and work, then
>     logout as usual. I call in a second time. The modem does not
>     answer. The behavior is not entirely consistent. Sometimes I can
>     call in two or three times, then the next call is not answered
>     until I reset the modem.
> 
> I tried putting an "OFF" directive in my/etc/defaults/uugetty.ttyS1 file
> like the INIT directive, but it doesn't help. Using Slackware 1.2.13
> distribution (from the SAMS yellow book) with 1.3.99 kernel and latest
> getty_ps.
> 
> Can anyone help please?
> 
>  - yba
> 
>      TclTek Ltd.     "Don't laugh, we're serious!"        ~. .~
>  =}----------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------{=
>  - benavrhm@tcltek.co.il - tel: +972.52.670.353, http://www.tcltek.co.il -
> 


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