Motorola ModemSURFR & LifeStyle & mgetty information

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	Hi there.

	
	First of all thanx to Gert and all the people that has contributed
	programming, desingning, etc, etc, mgetty. It's a very nice piece
	of software :)

	Well, the box:

	Pentium 120MHz, 40MB RAM, Comtrol RocketPort ISA 32 ports,
	RedHat Linux 4.0, kernel 2.0.18, mgetty-1.0.0, a hacked
	pppd-2.2.0f, rocketport driver 1.12, and 32 external 
	modemsModemSURFR 28.8 and LifeSTYELE 28.8 mix).

	Originally this box ran kernel 1.2.13 (slackware) with little
	problem (sometimes the client side hanged and pppd still was
	running, fixed with a script) and decided to upgrade to RedHat 4.0
	for security and the easier administration.

	The thing was that i started to have problems daily (with one
	random modem generally): the client side hanged and the modem
	disconnected but then, the port was out... even minicom didn't see
	the modem, nothing... it was just like if the modem was turned
	off..... well, i read the FAQ, the manual, and then, as
	the manual said for some modems, increased toggle_dtr_waittime to
	2000 (that's 2 seconds) and it seems that the problem is gone. I
	hope that this info can be useful to somebody out there.

	Thanx!

	Felipe Rivera M.
	felipe@informador.com.mx
	


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