Re: Question - Hamm, Mgetty, PPP, wtmp - Arrgh!
David Wright wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 18, 1998 at 04:33:58AM +0000, shaul@rakefet.netvision.net.il wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 1998 at 01:06:59PM -0600, Jeff Noxon wrote:
> > > >> I have three dial-in modems on my hamm box. They are all identical
> > > >> USR Couriers AFIAK, and their configuration *appears* to be the same.
> > > >> But one port always shows connect speed in wtmp, and the others do not:
> > > >
> > The modem settings are identical. The modem firmware revisions are
> > identical. The mgetty configuration lines are the same. The inittab
> > lines are the same. This is really bizarre. It used to work with bo,
> > and one of my mgetty upgrades killed it a long time back. I asked back
> > then, and nobody offered to help.
>
> So when you shuffle the modems around on the ports, does the same port
> show the speed, or the same modem? At least that should eliminate the
> possibility of differing modems.
We see this on our modems when the init is changed. There is a command
to tell the modem to report the serial port speed or the connection
speed. I can look it up tonight..
ACtually, I just looked at the USR manual online. You have to have
ATX7 and make sure the dip switch 7 is set the same on all the modems.
Tim
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