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From: stever@csuohio.edu (Steve Ratliff)
Subject: Re: 2400 baud modem problems :(
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Tromp Jolanda (tromp@swi.psy.uva.nl) wrote:
: 
: I've got a strange problem. I have 14400 baud modems connected to a
: FreeBSD 1.0 machine and everything works fine when I dial in at 14400 baud
: or 9600 baud. But if I dial in at 1200 baud or 2400 baud then when
: displaying like a screenful of text it messes it up. Sometimes it
: skips in the middle sometimes at the end. This smells like an XON/XOFF
: problem. But is it? And if it is then in which part of my setup is it?
: 
: Thanks in advance,
: 
: Mimir
	Check your /etc/gettytab file and read the gettytab manpage on
how to set up a rotary dial-in line.  Modify your /etc/ttys file to
put a getty on your dial-in line using the rotary entry in gettytab.
Then you can dial in at 14400 and send a break to drop to 9600, then
send a second break to drop to 2400 baud, a third break will put you
into 1200 and a fourth will recycle to 14400.  This is the standard
Un*x way to do this and works just fine.