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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!eff!wariat.org!hanina.alquds.org!doleh From: doleh@hanina.alquds.org (Yaser Doleh) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Need help setting up dialin lines with USR 14.4 Internal on FreeBSD Date: 27 Sep 1994 04:37:36 GMT Organization: Alquds Organization Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3687ig$1m8@gazpacho.wariat.org> References: <Pine.BSI.3.90.940926011959.7527A-100000@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <367rdi$492@sashimi.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: alquds.org In article <367rdi$492@sashimi.wwa.com>, stigmata@wwa.com (Doug Bora) writes: |> : It's 1:00A.M. and I'm at the end of my rope! ( sound familiar? ) I've |> : been trying to setup a dialin line on FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 with no luck at |> : all. I can dial out just fine with MiniCom on /dev/cua00 but this silly |> : U.S. Robotics 14.4 Sportster won't auto-answer. Seems that it can't |> : store S0=001 in VRAM ( the manual says that it's designed this way! ), so |> : after a reset or on boot-up it reverts to S0=000. I tried echoing |> : ATS0=001 to all of the 1st serial port device lines and the best that I |> : get is a lock-up. I set these devices to RW for all and it made no |> : difference. Maybe I've overlooked something. If anyone has any ideas |> : ( useful ones ) I would greatly appreciate hearing them. |> |> Try this: |> |> Go into minicom or wherever you can get your modem working. Send an |> "ATS0=1&W" to your modem. What the "&W" part does, is save your |> auto-answer string in the modem's non-volatile RAM, so whenever you issue |> an ATZ, auto-answer should stay on. You also need to check the DIP switches on the modem. Accourding to my manual you need to set DIP switch #5 to OFF -- Very truly yours Yaser Doleh doleh@alquds.org