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SubjectRe: plus plus plus [was: PPP bug]
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Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote the following:
>
> >Just tried this on a telnet through a pissy 28.8k modem :
> >
> >echo "+++"; sleep 3
> >
> >The connection's still fine.
>
> That's because on most modems the sequence of death is actually
>
> + + + A T
>
> (spaces added to prevent the obvious). Even worse, ofcourse, is
>
> + + + A T H 0 <CR>
>
> The modems do detect the three pluses but do expect a valid command
> or at least the letters AT directly after it

Not my old 14.4k.

+++
OK

and then you start witht he commands. You had to time the +'s too.

Ahh the days of decent modems... :)

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