Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!mtune!icus!gil
From: gil@icus.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: DECSERVER 200's and dial in/out modems
Summary: Nope...
Keywords: modems,terminal servers
Message-ID: <207@icus.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 88 07:09:04 GMT
References: <513@nvanbc.UUCP>
Reply-To: gil@icus.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.)
Organization: Bowne Management Systems, Mineola, NY
Lines: 53

In article <513@nvanbc.UUCP> lawrenc@nvanbc.UUCP (Lawrence Harris) writes:
>
>We are currently using Gandalf SAM224 modems on our decserver 200's to
>provide both dial in and dial out services.  However there are lots of
>problems getting the baud rate to change correctly when you connect to
>a 1200 baud only site.  We can get the modems to work at 1200 or 2400
>but not both when used for dial out, dial in seems not to be a problem.
>
> [....]
>
>Thanks in advance, Lawrence.

Lawrence,

I hate to break the bad news to you but I posted this problem on the net
a while back...we all (to my knowlege) came to the conclusion that it could
not be done.

To those out in net-land who wish to give it their best shot, here are
the things that don't work:

	1.  Dynamic mode with SET TERMINAL/SPEED
	2.  Split-speed mode
	3.  Setting the port Autobaud

In short, I could only get the port to work at one speed, and that was the
one that it was defined for when configuring the port.

At Bowne, we use the Maxum Super-modem 2400, which is a Hayes-compatible.
However, I tried setting-up the port using a VT220 as a "modem" with NO
results.

If anyone has any ideas that they have tryed and work, please post them
to the net, as well as sending them to Lawrence.  I think many would benefit
from the info.

A quick summary of the problem since some will misunderstand -- we all know
that a DECserver-200 will change speeds automatically when someone dials
into it and the port is set to autobaud.  Our problem is when you want
to use the modem to dial-out, and need to use the modem at 300, 1200, and
2400 baud at different times.  Yeah, if you're priv'ed on a server port,
you can set this manually.  However, I think what we're looking for is
a means of doing this from the host alone without fooling with the server.

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