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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: rpritz@panix.com (richard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Auto-dialing, Auto-redialing under SLIP [FreeBSD 1.1] Date: 29 Jul 1994 13:53:26 -0400 Organization: usenet central Lines: 15 Distribution: world Message-ID: <31bfmm$1gi@panix2.panix.com> References: <RICK.94Jul29131023@vox.trystero.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Richard E. Nickle (rick@vox.trystero.com) wrote: : Hi, : I had no trouble getting SLIP to run. I am having some trouble trying to : decide which avenue to take to get SLIP to auto-dial on system boot, and : redial any time I drop carrier. : Kermit looks like it could do the job, and looking at the script in the : FreeBSD slip FAQ, I see everything there except how to exit from Kermit : gracefully after establishing carrier. Same with cu. How do I get a : dialer to exit gracefully without dropping carrier? The only thing I've try sending the modem at&q0, which shouldinitialize the modem in a way that kermit will not drop carrie on exit.