[Soekris] PCI Modem for Console Access on net 4801

[Joel Jaeggli]

Heather Lockridge wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> what is the -mt60 parameter for?  I know that t 60 would mean allow 60 seconds for someone to log in, but what is the m for?

m trys to extract the baud rate from the connect message. t60 drops the
connection after 60 seconds if there's no login...


> Regards
> 
> HL
> 
> (Should I be copying the list on all these responses?)
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com>
> To: Heather Lockridge <heathlock_1997 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Maurice Janssen <mauricej at xs4all.nl>; soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 1:13:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Soekris] PCI Modem for Console Access on net 4801
> 
> 
> Heather Lockridge wrote:
>> Thanks, mgetty like in getty, agetty, etc.  I will try.
>>
>> Looks like I have a lot of experimenting to do.
> 
> On linux systems that use inittab something like:
> 
> co:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -mt60 ttyS0 9600 vt102
> 
> should do the trick...
> 
> 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Heather
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Maurice Janssen <mauricej at xs4all.nl>
>> To: Heather Lockridge <heathlock_1997 at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: RB <aoz.syn at gmail.com>; soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
>> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:39:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Soekris] PCI Modem for Console Access on net 4801
>>
>>
>> On Friday, August 10, 2007 at 08:30:24 -0700, Heather Lockridge wrote:
>>> Thanks for the links.
>>>
>>> So, after looking around on these, it looks like an inexpensive modem
>>> like the Aopen FM56-SVV which uses a Conexant chip set might work.
>>>
>>> And am I correct in thinking that I would need to make a link from to
>>> connect /dev/modem to a tty so when dialing into the modem I could get
>>> a console prompt?
>> You need something more than just that.  Something needs to tell the
>> modem to go off hook when a call comes in.
>> I've been using mgetty for this and I'm quite happy with it.
>>
>> Maurice
>>
>>
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