[comp.sys.encore] AnnexII, SL/IP & modems

C.R.Ritson@newcastle.ac.uk (C.R. Ritson) (01/24/91)

I  hope  this  is the best newsgroup for this, as there is no xylogics
one.

I  have  been  trying to connect an annexII port up as a dial up SL/IP
link through a pair of modems to a single Apple  Mac.   I  have  found
that to make it work I had to switch off the modem control lines.  Has
anyone else done this?  If so, what annex configuration did you use?

Here is my annex configuration:-

set annex pref_load_addr 128.240.0.9
set annex pref_dump_addr 128.240.0.9
set annex image_name "oper.16.enet"
set annex subnet_mask 255.255.0.0
set annex broadcast_addr 0.0.0.0
set annex load_dump_gateway 0.0.0.0
set annex name_server_1 ien_116
set annex pref_name1_addr 128.240.0.9
set annex name_server_2 ien_116
set annex pref_name2_addr 128.240.0.5
set annex host_table_size 64
set annex pref_secure_host 0.0.0.0
set annex network_turnaround 2
set annex enable_security N
set annex load_dump_sequence net
set annex ipencap_type ethernet
set annex server_capability none
set annex syslog_mask emergency,alert
set annex syslog_facility log_local7
set annex syslog_host 128.240.0.9
set annex cli_prompt "annex: "
set annex timezone_minuteswest 0
set annex daylight_savings west_europe
set annex max_vcli 0
set annex rwhod Y
set annex min_unique_hostnames Y
set annex ring_priority 0
set annex routed Y
set annex motd_file "hoppen"

set port=17 speed 1200
set port=17 data_bits 8
set port=17 stop_bits 1
set port=17 parity none
set port=17 imask_7bits N
set port=17 control_lines none
set port=17 type dial_in
set port=17 mode slip
set port=17 forwarding_timer 0
set port=17 inactivity_timer 30
set port=17 port_multiplex N
set port=17 allow_broadcast Y
set port=17 max_session_count 3
set port=17 input_flow_control none
set port=17 input_start_char ^Q
set port=17 input_stop_char ^S
set port=17 output_flow_control none
set port=17 output_start_char ^Q
set port=17 output_stop_char ^S
set port=17 ixany_flow_control N
set port=17 long_break Y
set port=17 short_break Y
set port=17 attn_char ^@
set port=17 user_name ""
set port=17 prompt "annex: "
set port=17 term_var "slip"
set port=17 input_buffer_size 4
set port=17 bidirectional_modem N
set port=17 default_modem_hangup N
set port=17 location "B340"
set port=17 input_is_activity Y
set port=17 output_is_activity Y
set port=17 reset_idle_time_on input
set port=17 cli_security N
set port=17 connect_security N
set port=17 port_server_security N
set port=17 dedicated_address 0.0.0.0
set port=17 dedicated_port telnet
set port=17 newline_terminal N
set port=17 leap_protocol_on N
set port=17 echo Y
set port=17 map_to_lower N
set port=17 map_to_upper N
set port=17 char_erase Y
set port=17 line_erase Y
set port=17 hardware_tabs N
set port=17 erase_char ^?
set port=17 erase_word ^W
set port=17 erase_line ^U
set port=17 redisplay_line ^R
set port=17 toggle_output ^O
set port=17 telnet_escape ^]
set port=17 slip_local_address 128.240.1.11
set port=17 slip_remote_address 44.131.18.17
set port=17 slip_subnet_mask 255.0.0.0
set port=17 slip_load_dump_host 0.0.0.0
set port=17 slip_metric 1
set port=17 slip_allow_dump N
set port=17 cli_inactivity immediate

Chris Ritson <C.R.Ritson@newcastle.ac.uk>

loverso@Xylogics.COM (John Robert LoVerso) (01/24/91)

In an article, C.R.Ritson@newcastle.ac.uk (C.R. Ritson) writes:
> I hope this is the best newsgroup for this, as there is no xylogics one.

There is/was an info-annex mailing list that I coerced Milo Medin into
starting long ago; try info-annex-request@ames.arc.nasa.gov.

> I  have  been  trying to connect an annexII port up as a dial up SL/IP
> link through a pair of modems to a single Apple  Mac.   I  have  found
> that to make it work I had to switch off the modem control lines.  Has
> anyone else done this?  If so, what annex configuration did you use?

control_lines set to modem_control for SLIP lines probably does not work
the way you think.  If I remember correctly, if the SLIP port is coming
up and there is no DCD, it will block until DCD is raised.  Now, the
Annex has no way of asking your modem to dial *and* your modem won't
raise DCD until it has connected.  That sort of sounds right, but I'm
forgetting something.

Some of these issues received a working over going into the R5.0 release.
I don't remember what was fixed.  This problem would/might also be
allievated by use of DSR; I don't know if the Annex-2e or Annex-3 makes
use of it.

Either way, you can always contact Xylogics' tech support at
annex-support@xylogics.com.

John
-- 
John Robert LoVerso <john@loverso.leom.ma.us>
John & Sue's House, Leominster MA