Re: Wardialing - Odd Results

On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 09:43:32AM -0700, Atom Powers wrote:
> I've seen this if the data rate for the system you are dialing in to and 
> the program you are using are not in synch. For instance, if the system 
> you are dialing to is 9600bps and you have your hyperterminal set to 
> 1500bps you will end up getting many duplicate bits, because you are 
> sampling more frequently than you are recieving. The result is garbage 
> like you show below even if the system you are dialing to is responding 
> with ASCII characters.

        Any mis-configured serial port settings (baud, parity, data
        bits, stop bits) can cause this behaviour.

        In /general/, the hyperterminal default settings of 8/N/1 
        should work in most, but not all cases; some older mainframe
        based equipment, for instance, will use 7 data bits with Even
        parity.  If memory serves, in the past I have also had to
        use even more esoteric settings for parity, such as mark
        or space, but that was 2 decades ago.





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