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From: scarter@caip.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: bridge vs modems
Message-ID: <4121@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Wed, 11-Mar-87 23:10:03 EST
Article-I.D.: caip.4121
Posted: Wed Mar 11 23:10:03 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Mar-87 01:00:16 EST
References: <83700001@umn-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: scarter@caip.rutgers.edu (Stephen M. Carter)
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <83700001@umn-cs.UUCP> haque@umn-cs.UUCP writes:
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>The problem I have currently lies with our dial-in facilities with
>these particular bridge boxes. 

You may want to try to set those ports for auto-parity, auto-baud.  The
chances of getting a CR-period-CR in a string of garbage is slim.  I suspect
that noise is starting up a connection and then the cs/100 and the modem
start playing ping-pong.  I am not familiar with your modem, but could
something in your welcome string or prompt (ie a ^J,^M,etc) put the modem
in active mode?  (Be sure you warn your users before you do this).

Also you should set the inactivity timer for those ports to some small number
of minutes.  Sometimes, users will logout of the host system and pull the 
plug on the modem.  The cs/100 will sit there for 15 minutes (the default)
before it will go into listen mode, and drop CD, depending on how you have
the dtrin parameter set.

> Also, are you thinking of providing services for 300/1200/?2400?
>users, since the price of 2400 modems is getting affordable. So far as
>I can see, the bridge boxes can only handle 300/1200 or
>1200/2400/4800/9600. :-(
>

This is a firmware issue rather than a software issue.  We have been raising
hell with Bridge on this since day 1.  As of six months ago, it was in the 
"to be added feature list".   Start demanding it...  They have full 
auto-bauding on the cs/200, so at least they have the code.  I think it is
a "marketing issue"....