Multitech modems (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Fri, 9 May 1997 17:11:25 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Marwan W. Helou shaped the electrons to say...
>It happens, for some reason, that after a user disconnects, the OH
>indicator on the modem stay ON and in the Portmaster the "show Session"
>command shows that "USERNAME" is written in front of the port number,
>And the line gives a busy signal.
>
>Below is an example (Port 2):
>-----
>S1 - - Log/Net In IDLE
>S2 - - Log/Net In USERNAME
>S3 obegi 194.126.3.113 Netwrk In ESTABLISHED
>S4 lbele 194.126.3.123 Netwrk In ESTABLISHED
>S5 - - Log/Net In IDLE
>-- --
>
>Does anyone encountered this problem? Is it a modem problem or a
>Portmaster problem?

Modem - it is keeping DCD (off hook) high, which is indicating there is
an incoming call. So we are giving the user prompt.

The modem is not resetting properly.

-MZ

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