In article <199803272312.RAA26283@lotharon.endicor.com>,
	Ty Sarna <tsarna@endicor.com> writes:
> I'v had a periodic problem on two machines (of vastly different hardware
> --- one's a pentium with 16550s, one's a 386 with a Hayes ESP) where,
> once in a blue moon the com port hangs.

I use a Pentium under NetBSD 1.3 with a 16550 (on an AST 4Port) as leased
line router. It's running 56 days now and the serial port works fine.

> ...  I'm using modemd to answer the phone.

I use only "pppd". Does "modemd" use any special system calls or io controls
which "pppd" doesn't?

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