[comp.dcom.lans] 3Com termserver

pjd@eagle.inesc.pt (Paulo Jorge Delgado) (02/02/91)

Hello news readers. I'm having a problem with a 3Com terminal server. It's a
CS/210 and I've installed a dial-out modem in one of it's ports. I need to
connect to a UNIX host which accepts connections at 1200 and 2400 bps. To
make getty switch between these two speeds I need to send a break character
to the remote host. Here's what I usually do:

% telnet
telnet> debbug                          #
Debug mode is on.                       # because dg/ux forms the IP character
telnet> map "" IP                       # improperly
telnet> open modem
Trying...
Connected to modem.
Escape sequence: ^]
                                # lots of garbage here because of incorret
                                # line speed (1200 bps)
                                # I use the escape sequence ^]
telnet> send BRK
Returned to remote host.

login:


        Now the problem begins. I've managed to make the remote getty operate
at the correct speed, but the CS/210 hangs the port after receiving a telnet
break character. The terminal server receives my input, but it doesn't go
into the modem. To make it work again I do a "send AYT", but getty switches
back to 1200.
        What am I doing wrong? Any sugestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

The port parameters are:

DefaultParameters  for PortId !8
...................Port Transmission and VTP Characteristics...................
AUToDisconnect = Disabled               AUtoLogoff = OFF    BUffersize = 82
DeVice = ( Host, Glass, DeFault )       PermanentVC = ""
.........................Port Physical Characteristics.........................
BAud = 2400         BSPad = None        CRPad = None        FFPad = None
LFPad = None        TabPad = None       DataBits = 8        DUplex = Full
LinePRotocol = ASynchronous             PARIty = ( None )   StopBits = 1
UseDCDout = ( OnConnection, ToggleonDisc )
UseDTRin = AsDCD (by DCE)
.................Session Transmission and VTP Characteristics..................
BReakAction = IGnore                    DIsconnectAction = None
DataForward = None  ECHOData = OFF
ECHOMask = ( AlphaNum, CR, Term, Punct )                    NetAScii = UseLF
FlowControlFrom = ( CTS_RTS, Xon_Xoff ) FlowControlTo = ( CTS_RTS, Xon_Xoff )
IdleTimer = 1       LongBReakAction = IGnore                XmitBinary = OFF
XOFF = ^S           XON = ^Q


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 Paulo Jorge Delgado
 INESC, Lisboa, Portugal
 Email: pjd@eniac.inesc.pt