Ckermit, Minicom, and even Windows Dial Up won't work..

Ruben de Groot mail25 at bzerk.org
Thu Oct 9 08:04:28 PDT 2003


On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 09:10:02AM -0500, Peter Elsner typed:
> I disagree...
> 
> There are 12 SCO Unix servers at 12 of my customers sites, and they haven't 
> been
> modified in years...   All 12 of them can't be having the same problem....
> 
> The only change was made to my FreeBSD server, when I updated hardware...
 
You did say you got the same result (no login prompt) from a windows box.
Please clarify: is this windows running on the same new hardware 
(dualbooting) ?

Have you ruled out cabling, modems etc. ?

Ruben

> Peter
> 
> 
> At 09:57 AM 10/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Your new SCO Unix server has a problem. Concentrate your efforts on
> >that box.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Peter
> >Elsner
> >Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:40 AM
> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: Ckermit, Minicom, and even Windows Dial Up won't work..
> >
> >Hi again,
> >
> >As some of you may recall, I have been having trouble connecting
> >with Kermit
> >installed from ports (/usr/ports/comms/kermit).
> >
> >I dial from my FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE box to a SCO Unix 5.0.5 box.
> >The connection is made, but I never get a login prompt.
> >
> >So I decided to try Minicom (also from the ports)...
> >
> >I get the same results, connection is made, but I get no
> >login prompts.
> >
> >Then I tried a dial up program from Windows,
> >Pro Com is what I think it was called...
> >
> >Same result... It's connecting, but I get no login prompt....
> >
> >I even tried several of my customers who are running SCO
> >and all of them are producing the same result.
> >
> >Now, this just started happening with a move to a new server,
> >about 2 weeks ago.
> >
> >Before then, I was able to dial into all of my customers sites
> >without any problems...
> >
> >Can anyone shed some light onto why this is happening only
> >after I moved to a server with newer hardware?   The hardware is
> >identical to the old box, just newer...   I made sure of that...
> >
> >Peter
> >
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