rhg@cpsolv.UUCP (Richard H. Gumpertz) (01/12/90)
Asked before, but absolutely no responses the last time: Does anybody know how to make the On Board Modem of a Unix PC 7300 outgoing only? That is, it can originate calls but not answer them. Preference is for this to be done on ph2, but I suppose ph1 could be used if necessary. Surely there must be a way! What about making it answer on Nth ring where N > 1? -- ========================================================================== | Richard H. Gumpertz rhg@CPS.COM (913) 642-1777 or (816) 891-3561 | | Computer Problem Solving, 8905 Mohawk Lane, Leawood, Kansas 66206-1749 | ==========================================================================
wtr@moss.ATT.COM (3673,ATTT) (01/12/90)
In article <481@cpsolv.UUCP> rhg@cpsolv.uucp (Richard H. Gumpertz) writes: >Asked before, but absolutely no responses the last time: >Does anybody know how to make the On Board Modem of a Unix PC 7300 outgoing >only? That is, it can originate calls but not answer them. Preference is for >this to be done on ph2, but I suppose ph1 could be used if necessary. Surely >there must be a way! What about making it answer on Nth ring where N > 1? > | Richard H. Gumpertz rhg@CPS.COM (913) 642-1777 or (816) 891-3561 | It's not too hard. Just edit /etc/inittab and turn off the getty, so the machine will never answer the phone. I had to do this when i had my 3b1 hooked into my normal apartment phone line. The entry will look something like: ph1:2:off:/etc/getty .... (etc.) Don't forget that leading space! Note: I don't have access to my 3B1 right now. This /etc/inittab line was done from memory (which is suseptable to caffine overdose) Hope this helps. -bill -- ===================================================================== Bill Rankin email address: att!moss!wtr was: Bell Labs, Whippany NJ att!bromo!wtr now: AT&T Federal Systems, Burlington NC (919) 228 3673 (cornet 291)
andy@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Andy S Poling) (01/13/90)
In article <481@cpsolv.UUCP> rhg@cpsolv.uucp (Richard H. Gumpertz) writes: >Asked before, but absolutely no responses the last time: > >Does anybody know how to make the On Board Modem of a Unix PC 7300 outgoing >only? That is, it can originate calls but not answer them. Preference is for >this to be done on ph2, but I suppose ph1 could be used if necessary. Surely >there must be a way! What about making it answer on Nth ring where N > 1? If you want to be able to use the phone line for outgoing calls only, this is the simple solution I use for my UNIXpc at home: NOTE: phone lines one and two are really /dev/ph0 and /dev/ph1. /etc/inittab refers to the device names in /dev, so we'll change ph1 in this procedure. 1) configure the line to be a DATA line in the phone setup window. 2) edit /etc/inittab: change the line starting with " ph1:2:respawn:", changing the "respawn" to "off". Make sure you leave the blank space at the beginning of the line. 3) kill -HUP 1 to tell init to re-read the inittab. This causes the phone setup to believe that there is a getty on the phone line - but there isn't. Thus the line stays set for data calls, but your UNIXpc will never answer the phone. I think the relative impossibility of modifying binaries to answer on other than the first ring has been discussed here before. -Andy -- Andy Poling Internet: andy@gollum.hcf.jhu.edu Network Services Group Bitnet: ANDY@JHUVMS Homewood Academic Computing Voice: (301)338-8096 Johns Hopkins University UUCP: mimsy!aplcen!jhunix!gollum!andy
mark@mkvpc.UUCP (mark varnell) (01/14/90)
In article <481@cpsolv.UUCP>, rhg@cpsolv.UUCP (Richard H. Gumpertz) writes: > > Does anybody know how to make the On Board Modem of a Unix PC 7300 outgoing > only? That is, it can originate calls but not answer them. Preference is for > this to be done on ph2, but I suppose ph1 could be used if necessary. Surely > there must be a way! What about making it answer on Nth ring where N > 1? In /etc/inittab: ph1:2:off:/usr/lib/uucp/uugetty -r -t60 ph1 1200 ^^^ ^^ ^ Change from respawn to off. This works for me. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mark Varnell mark@mkvpc.UUCP {mtune!gladys, kd4nc!gladys, bakerst}!rbdc!mkvpc!mark +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++