PPP + Distincetive Ring detection + Multitech Modem patch(es)

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Hi,

Matthew Grant wrote:
> In conjunction with Steve Gourdie (he worte the distinctive ring
> detection stuff, I would like to make the above features available to
> the development effort.  They are done against mgetty 0.98 since I did
> not know of the latter versions at the time.  The features are:

URGH. The manual clearly states where development versions can be found,
and 0.98 is *really* old (more than 1 1/2 years of active development).

> PPP LCP packet detection - very similar to the FIDOnet stuff for firing
> ifmail or what ever, it swallows the first LCP packet and can start pppd
> via the login.config file.  This feature needs to have CHAP or PAP
> turned on in /etc/ppp/options, and enables Windows 95 to dialin without
> haveing to do a script or fire up a terminl window to log in (ugh!). I
> have Desk TOp Publishing friends who use this to help me with a WWW
> project.

This went into the main source line nearly a year ago, I call it AutoPPP.

> Distinctive ring detection (courtesy Steve Gourdie) - change som of the
> time outs in the modem answering state machine so that ring patterns can
> be distingushed.  This is a trick that commercial software uses to make
> an ordinary modem answer a special 'faxibility' ring - bit crude, but it
> is useful.

I tend to disagree with the need for this. Better modems have distinguised
RING detection anyway, and for dumb modems, these timing issues are hard
to get reliable on a loaded system with "sluggish" responses. If it is not
reliable, I'd like to avoid it.

(Besides, the RING handling code will be completely rewritten "soon"
'cause it is broken).

> Multitech Modem Fax code - I went and (re?)implemented code so that my
> new Multitech would handle fax recieve bit order correctly - works like
> clockwork.

I'd like to take a look at this. I have some ideas how to attack it, but
maybe your code is better.

> Some fax script fixes - This is to make it handle faxes more like you
> would expect, and some better PS printer stuff.

Sounds good.

> Please tell if any of this stuff is useful and I will fit it to the
> latest code release, or forward it to the appropriate person if they
> want to fit it. 

The part about the fax bit order and the scripts, I'd like to see that.

gert

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