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From: sam@csi.compuserve.com (Sam Neely)
Subject: NetBSD:  How do you keep from dropping DTR with SLIP?
Message-ID: <C7z2M9.H4y@csi.compuserve.com>
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1993 02:22:57 GMT
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What's the correct way to initiate a SLIP connection to a remote
host?  The problem I am having is that as soon as I issue the
slattach command, my comm port drops DTR which causes my
modem to hang up.  (I have my modem set to hang up if DTR drops --
AT&D3 on my Practical Peripherals 14400)  If I tell the modem to
not hang up when DTR is dropped (AT&D0), the modem will not
transmit or receive data after DTR is dropped.

For the record, here's how I attempt to connect:

	tip -38400 com1
	<Dial phone, log into remote>
	~^Z     <suspend tip>
	slattach -s 38400 com1

Is this the correct way to do it, or am I missing something?
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