[comp.sys.att] Data Flow Control on an AT&T 3B2/300 SYSV.2

isolated@alix.UUCP (20 James D. Corder) (05/16/91)

Hello:-)

	How to you check to see if data flow control is turned on
with an AT&T 3B2/300 SYSV.2.  If not on, how to you turn it on?

Thank you,
James D. Corder
alix!jdc@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu

ebd@fang.ATT.COM (Elliot B Dierksen) (05/18/91)

From article <415@alix.UUCP>, by isolated@alix.UUCP (20 James D. Corder):
> 	How to you check to see if data flow control is turned on
> with an AT&T 3B2/300 SYSV.2.  If not on, how to you turn it on?

If it is an HPORTS card (4 RJ-45, 1 Centronics), you don't because it can't!

EBD
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mtd@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (Mario T DeFazio) (05/18/91)

In article <415@alix.UUCP>, isolated@alix.UUCP (20 James D. Corder) writes:
> 
> 	How to you check to see if data flow control is turned on
> with an AT&T 3B2/300 SYSV.2.  If not on, how to you turn it on?
> 
> James D. Corder
> alix!jdc@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu

Assuming you are trying to set software flow control for
a typical login session, enter the command 
		$ stty -a 

and look for 'ixon'.  If it appears as 'ixon', DC3-DC1 flow control
is enabled (i.e., the host will act on receipt of these characters).
If it appears as '-ixon', it's disabled.
Likewise, to turn it on or off, enter "stty ixon" or "stty -ixon".

If you want to look at the flags for a port other than the one
you are logged onto, enter
		$ stty -a < /dev/tty_whatever

[I'll hold off on hardware (RTS-CTS) flow control since I probably
have already answered your question.]

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