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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-22 17:09:17 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-22 17:09:17 +0000
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Make CRTSTS selection a runtime option. Closes PR#1392
Submitted by: Mike McGaughey <mmcg@heraclitus.cs.monash.edu.au>
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
index 7a4227b..929d383 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
+++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp.8.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" manual page [] for ppp 0.94 beta2 + alpha
-.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.20 1996/12/03 21:38:52 nate Exp $
+.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.21 1996/12/12 14:39:47 jkh Exp $
.Dd 20 September 1995
.Os FreeBSD
.Dt PPP 8
@@ -172,8 +172,18 @@ ppp on tama> pass <password>
ppp ON tama>
-* You can specify the device name and speed for your modem using the
-following commands: *
+* You can now specify the device name, speed and parity
+for your modem, and whether
+CTS/RTS signalling should be used (CTS/RTS is used by default).
+If your hardware does not provide CTS/RTS lines (as
+may happen when you are connected directly to certain ppp-capable
+terminal servers),
+.Nm
+will never send any output through the port; it
+waits for a signal which never comes.
+Thus, if you have a direct line and can't seem to make
+a connection, try turning ctsrts off: *
+
ppp ON tama> set line /dev/cuaa0
@@ -181,6 +191,8 @@ ppp ON tama> set speed 38400
ppp ON tama> set parity even
+ppp ON tama> set ctsrts on
+
ppp ON tama> show modem
* Modem related parameters are shown in here *
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