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Re: PLIP woes! SLIP answering phone.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Woods)
Mon Jun 12 12:50:25 1995
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:11:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Chris Woods <cjwoods@gigotech.net>
To: Ken Estes <m-ke0082@SPARKY.CS.NYU.EDU>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9506112053.AA15704@SPARKY.CS.NYU.EDU>
On Sun, 11 Jun 1995, Ken Estes wrote:
[...]
> One other question while I have the attention of some experts. I have
> just started having my computer answer the phone. This is an
> unintended behavior. I wish to make it stop but it seems to answer
> the phone even when there are no daemons running (I have even killed
> things that should never die). I assume that the only explanation is
> that the modem has some software settings which tell it to answer the
> phone. I have run some different software this week so it is possible
> that this software left the modem in an unusual state. Any info on
> what is going on would be interesting.
I dunno anything about PLIP, but for this problem, use any comms software
to talk to your modem and tell it:
ATS0=0&W
or
ATS0=0&W0&W1
depending upon your modem (if it has 2 "saveable" memory slots or just 1).
Chris Woods
USAinternet, Inc.
508-774-4700
cjwoods@noc.usa1.com
