At 11:34 AM 11/24/98 +0200, Andreas Gustafsson wrote:
>> My problem was (as ?Frank Bruchman? pointed out) that the phone rings, 
>> and says "RING" to getty which tries to log in user RING... Solution: ATQ1
>
>I tried ATQ1 and it it helped - my modem now answers.  Thanks.
>
>I do think this is more of a workaround than a solution, though.

No, this is a pretty comon problem, obscure but common, and I personally
thought the correct modem command was "ATE0".

>Isn't the host supposed to ignore any input from the modem when CD is
>low, unless the line has been specifically opened in nonblocking mode?
>
>If NetBSD indeed tries to initiate a login (or even just tries to echo
>the RING back to the modem) before the modem has raised CD, then
>something in NetBSD is badly broken.

Nope, this happens with any type of unix as far as I know. I had the same
exact problem when I first started fooling around with a relatively new
AT&T 3B2 ;-) Maybe something in the FAQ is in order, but not any OS "fix", in
lieu of this, try looking at:
http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources
Hope that helps.

>-- 
>Andreas Gustafsson, gson@araneus.fi

Regards,

-mike