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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Connecting to Internet
Date: 11 Feb 2000 18:12:20 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
d.cox@sk.sympatico.ca wrote:
: I have downloaded Kermit. I can get to the logon prompt on the Internet.
: After I successfully log in, the screen fills with }}}},,dh and other
: characters. There seems to be some missing connection protocol. I will try
: to find the PPP-to-packet shim. Is this all that's needed?
:
So it looks like it's not a shell account after all, but a PPP account.
That is, PPP is started automatically on the far end as soon as you log in.
So yes, you'll need a PPP driver on the PC end.
- Frank