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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: Case Study #13: PPP Dialing
Date: 24 Jan 2000 18:35:26 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <388C97FD.CCDA1ADD@eracc.bizland.com>,
ERA <era@eracc.bizland.com> wrote:
: Since you mention my favorite OS ... Jeffrey, will that be available
: in the OS/2 version? Would be tres cool to have another option for
: dialing up a PPP connection. I have three now - InJoy Pro, IBM DOIP
: and a REXX program. I can only use Injoy legally on one PC on the LAN
: to provide DOD and NAT. IBM DOIP is not easy to set up and the REXX
: program works ok but I have to manually place commands on the command
: line with it. Looks like Kermit/2 with a PPP hand-off would do the
: trick for me, especially since I have several numbers available to
: dial my ISP and it's a PITA to try them one at a time with the REXX.
: I could probably patch up the REXX code to handle a list of numbers
: and to check for failed PPP dialing but I've not found the time to do
: that yet.
Kermit 95 for OS/2 has supported PPP dialing since 1994. This is
documented in the "For OS/2 Users" section of the online Kermit 95
manual. The subtopic is "Using Kermit/2 to Dial SLIP and PPP
Connections."
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org