Hello. I set up a machine to accept dial-in modem connections according to the suggestions in the Handbook: _ I set up my modem so as to lock its speed, don't echo commands, don't give any reply code and auto-answer; _ I modified rc.serial so as to set-up /dev/ttyd0 as a modem at 57600 bps; _ through /etc/ttys, I instructed init to spawn a getty process with a terminal type of std.57600; _ I corrected /etc/gettytab, adding a pp options so as to invoke a script for ppp; _ I set up ppp.conf for dial-in.
Everything works fine, I can login directly with a terminal emulation program (like cu) or via a ppp connection... for a while. After a few days this stops working: ppp cannot pass the login phase and if I connect with cu I see garbage coming from the remote end instead of the login prompt. If I press any single key, several other garbage chars will come in again. I tried rebooting the machine, reinvoking rc.serial, power-cycling the modem, HUPping getty, but all this usually fails, until I finally manage to get it back to work, I don't really know how. Has anyone had the same problem? Does anyone have any hint to share? Bye & Thanks a lot av. P.S. The modem is an external 3Com 56K. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message