[comp.sys.amiga] DNET problem with 8 bit port

perley@trub.steinmetz (Donald P Perley) (03/03/89)

I was having trouble with DNET hanging up on me
when I dialed in through our port selector.  It turned out the 
problem wasn't 7 bits.  Unknown to most of the users, the port selector
has an escape control character which allows you put a session on hold
and get back to the selector prompt.  This will eventually show up
in a checksum or something, which leaves DNET sending an endless stream
of ACK requests to the selector.  Fortunately I was able to find out how
to disable the feature.  

So if you are having trouble with DNET, try asking whoever manages the
dial in hardware if there are any non-printable characters or
sequences that wouldn't get passed, or that would interupt a session.


-don perley