RAS Server

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Joddy Grider <joddyg@inlandtruck.com> wrote:
> I have a Suse based RAS server using an Equinox modem pool. The problem I am
> having is the first conection goes fine but the next connection takes over
> control of  session of the first login. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I assume that by ``RAS'' you mean an AutoPPP mgetty server.

First, I would have thought that either your modems do not have
carrier detect (CD) correctly following the state of the connection,
or that your cable is bad, or that pppd is not launched with the
modem (-local) option. You can verify this: if pppd (look in
/var/log/messages) doesn't detect the end of the call (ps auxw|grep pppd
gives an entry after hangup, such as /usr/sbin/pppd), this is your
problem.

But now, you tell me that the next connection reconnects to that pppd.
For me, the only way to achieve that is to have wrongly configured
the modem to auto-answer: else, with the first problem above the server
would be locked until pppd would be killed.

In summary, I would first configure the modem to not auto-answer
(ATS0=0 on most modems, however I don't know what an Equinox modem
pool really is). That should make the reconnection impossible.
Then I would ensure CD is properly configured. That should make
your first problem disappear.