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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Dial-In Modem for FreeBSD Date: 12 Feb 1994 18:00:25 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 22 Message-ID: <2jj5fp$grc@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <1994Feb10.182409.18599@watson.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <1994Feb10.182409.18599@watson.ibm.com>, Jeff Wilson <wilson@vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >I would like to have a modem line on my FreeBSD system that people can >dial in to, and log into the system. .. > My problem is: how do I give the modem >the required commands to have it auto-answer? Once I configure the >tty to have getty running on it, it locks the port, and I can not connect >to it. My suggestion is to read your modem book (lookup the ATA command) and also get a good unix system administration book on setting up incoming calls. Managing UUCP and Usenet by O'Reilly might be a good start. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.