Hello Sun-Managers:
I recently asked:
> Hello Sun-managers,
>
> I have a Sparc10-512 running Sol2.3 and I need to attach a hayes 28.8kbps
> optima Smartmodem. I have read the "fine" Solaris Advanced Admin Guide
> concerning setting up modems, and the default settings for a bidirectional
> modem do not seem to work. I am able to dial out, but not receive. I also
> read the nice modem FAQ and followed it to the letter, but no luck. If
> anyone has experience with this particular configuration and modem, I would
> appreciate the settings. I need to get this online as soon as possible.
> Thanx,
> Ted
>
I received 3 responses:
-one asking me to summarize
-another sending me "Celeste's Guide to Terminals & Modems under Solaris 2.x"
-and the third suggested that Admintool may have a bug when configuring ports
Solution:
Well I alluded to using the "Celeste's Guide..." in my original inquiry and
that turned out to be the problem! In section B2 the first step is to:
prompt# eeprom ttya-ignore-cd=true
prompt# eeprom ttya-rts-dtr-off=true
as I now understand, this command (eeprom ttya-rts-dtr-off=true) turns off
the hardware flow control, which is wrong for my particular modem. In fact if
I understand the mechanics, I'm not sure when you would want to disable the
hardware flow control using a bidirectional modem.
Anyway turning that back on (yikes! another reboot on a busy machine :) )
and tweeking the internal modem settings and I can now dialin/out. If anyone
else has the same config and wants to save time, I can send you the entire
parameter list. As to the bug in Admintools modem setup, I followed the
"Celeste's Guide..." instructions on setting the port by hand and that
worked, so the issue remains unresolved.
Again many thanks to the following:
walfish_joshua@jpmorgan.com
lcollera@amgen.com
and especially:
tog@berlioz.nsc.com
Ted
******************************************************************************
* Ted Barlow Radiology Research * *
* UC Davis Medical Center * *
* 2421 45th Street FOLB F-2 * *
* Sacramento, CA 95817 * *
* (916)734-3101 * *
* twbarlow@ucdavis.edu * *
******************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Fri Sep 28 2001 - 23:09:02 CDT