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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: Slattach?!
Date: 4 Feb 1995 02:40:37 -0000
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Clint Todish (ctodish@levelone.com) wrote:
: I've recently upgraded a SLIP -> Ethernet routing machine that was running FreeBSD 1.1 to FreeBSD 2.0. Besides having some
: problems with routing, I've not been able to get slattach to work properly. It worked fine in the previous release, but now it won't
: release /dev/tty when there's no carrier. My dialer just sits there and reports 'device in use' or something similar. Has anyone
: experienced anything like this? What can I do? This has left my routing machine alone and suspect to sudden death, considering
: that it won't reconnect if a connection is lost.
Two suggestions:
1. If 'comcontrol dtrwait ...' is run, this will delay the hangup
2. Have you tweaked you modem while upgrading ? I did this once,
between 1.1 and 1.1.5.1 and thought for a long time that it was
the OS. Look in the manual for any DTR options.
: Regarding my routing problems - when I try to enter a static route to another macine on my ether, I get a rude error message
: stating 'arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo'. It only happens when I use the -interface option. (Which, again, worked under 1.1)
Havn't a clue... sorry.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....