Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!husc6!uwvax!dogie!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!CORNELLC.CCS.CORNELL.EDU.BITNET!rmf%Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.CA%Stasis.MRC.AdhocNet.CA%UNCAEDU. From: rmf%Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.CA%Stasis.MRC.AdhocNet.CA%UNCAEDU.@CORNELLC.CCS.CORNELL.EDU.BITNET (Russ Forster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: DNET and DECserver200 problems Message-ID: <880705174344.04a@Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.CA> Date: 5 Jul 88 23:43:44 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 42 >A1000 --> modem --> PACX multiplexor --> DECserver200 term. server --> UNIX > >The problem is that the DECserver keeps seeing "Unknown characters" whenever >I type anything to it, so I cannot log onto UNIX. > > Can anyone suggest what might be wrong? Thanks. > There is a possibility that the server is seeing a "local switch" or other type of "switch" command. Try setting the server session to PASSALL or PASTHRU. Below is an extract from the server itself. SET SESSION Use SET SESSION to specify the amount of data transparency for your current session. Normally an interactive terminal requires nontransparency, which means that the server responds to the server switches and XON/XOFF flow control characters. In contrast, personal computers involved in file transfers require transparency, and these special characters must be disabled for the session. SET SESSION creates data transparency for the current session. SET SESSION {INTERACTIVE} {PASSALL } {PASTHRU } Additional help available for: INTERACTIVE PASSALL PASTHRU > >-- >Dan Barrett ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP > barrett@cs.jhu.edu ----- Russell M. Forster Mount Royal College DECnet: RMF @ { Admin | Flux | Stasis | Ins } Computer Operations BITnet: RForster @ UncaEdu.BITnet 4825 Richard Rd. S.W. USEnet: uunet!calgary!vaxa!forster Calgary, Alberta Pnet: (403) 240-6052 T3E 6K6