Re: Acct-Terminate-Cause = Lost-Carrier (fwd)
MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:08:25 -0700 (PDT)
Once upon a time Chris Roger shaped the electrons to say...
>Now someone needs to develop smart(er) modems that can report their
>status (connected at 26400", "retraining to xxx bps", "lost carrier due
> to retraining too low", "lost carrier due to line noise", etc.) to the
>serial port via a "status" message sent via a specific serial port pin pair
>(so the Portmaster could pick up the message and report it via syslog etc).
>
>Good/Bad idea?
Problem - what about all of the comm servers that use RJ45 connectors, or
HD cables like the PM-25 with 8 pins per modem. Where will you get the
extra pins?
-MZ
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