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- From: "Chris Martin" <wk04331@psilink.com>
- Subject: Re: Binding Systems entries to specific Dialers entries (and not Devices)?
- In-Reply-To: <1992Nov17.193621.11013@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:50:39 GMT
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- >DATE: 17 Nov 92 19:36:21 GMT
- >FROM: Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed <earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- >
- >I'm using HoneyDanBer UUCP on a SunOS 4.1.2 system. I'm sure I can't be the
- >first person to run up against this one:
- >
- >I have several sites that are either UUCP neighbors or are "cu" hosts. Some
- >of them have Telebit WorldBlazers at the other end, some of them have T2500's,
- >some have other modems, etc.
- >
- >The common thing between them is that I like to run the local side at 38400
- >baud, no matter what the nature of the connection is.
- >
- >The net result is that I end up with a lot of different Dialers entries, like
- >
- >tb9600v42 =W-, "" \dA\pA\pA\pTE1V1X11Q0S2=255S12=255S50=6S58=2S111=30S1\
- >80=2S181=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT\s38400/LAPM/COMP/9600 STTY=crtscts
- >
- >tb9600mnp =W-, "" \dA\pA\pA\pTE1V1X11Q0S2=255S12=255S50=6S58=2S111=30S1\
- >80=3S181=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT\s38400/REL/COMP/9600 STTY=crtscts
- >
- >tb14400mnp =W-, "" \dA\pA\pA\pTE1V1X11Q0S2=255S12=255S50=7S58=2S111=30S1\
- >80=3S181=1\r\c OK\r \EATDT\T\r\c CONNECT\s38400/REL/COMP/14400 STTY=crtscts
- >
- >etc. etc. ... which results in Devices entries like
- >
- >ACU cua0 - 38400 tb14400mnp \T
- >ACU cua0 - 38400 tb9600mnp \T
- >ACU cua0 - 38400 tb9600v42 \T
- >ACU cua0 - 38400 tb9600 \T
- >
- >So, whenever I put "38400" into the "Class" field of the Systems file entry,
- >uucico always tries "tb14400mnp" first, then "tb9600mnp", etc.
- >
- >But sometimes, I only want one tried. For example, I talk to a T2500 via "cu",
- >and thus I only want it to use the "tb9600mnp" entry. But if I "cu thathost"
- >I have to wait for the "tb14400mnp" entry to be tried, connection made, time
- >out and carrier dropped before the "correct" one is tried.
- >
- >Is there some way to tie a Systems entry directly to the Dialer of choice,
- >rather than what is happening? I haven't tried any other setup, because I
- >assume that the speed field has to say "38400" so uucico will know what to set
- >the line speed to.
- >
- >What solutions have others come up with? Or have you just punted, and set
- >X to X0 and S59 to 0 (if you've got a Telebit) so it won't return the extended
- >CONNECT codes, and hope for the best?
-
- [I would have edited the quote down but can't seem to get PSIlink's editor
- to do it for me]
-
- I run 8 T2500 modems on SunOS4.1 to 60 neighbors and have locked the
- DTE at 19200 and faked out uucico by using 19200 for PEP, 19200H for
- 2400, 19200S for 1200, and 19200V for v.32. Works for me.
-
- Really,
- chris@amd.com
- AMD postmaster
-
-