Re: Ethernet Modems

[Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser@floodgap.com>]

"Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> writes:

>>Depends on the Lantronix model. The UDS-10 definitely does, although you
>>need to turn modem mode on (this is *not* on by default; it's one of the
>>control bytes).

>I've looked at the manual for the UDS-10 and while it does emulate a modem 
>for dialing out, I don't see any modem emulation for an incoming call.  The 
>other box I'm looking at will send a "RING" out the serial port and wait for 
>the BBS to respond with an "ATA" then it will send out the "CONNECT <BAUD>" 
>message, just like a regular modem.  This is the functionality I'm looking 
>for. 

Oh, I see what you're saying. In that case, correct, it doesn't support this
for incoming calls.

Jim Brain wrote a program for a host PC (running Unix of some sort) that could
emulate this facility, and there are others for Windows as the telnet BBS
phenomenon improves. His is called tcpser and is at

	http://www.jbrain.com/pub/linux/serial/

I submitted patches for OS X, though I haven't tested the newest version.

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