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  1. Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!panix!panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail
  2. From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  4. Subject: Does Kermit have stuff built-in for dialing-in to (TTS) Cortel-lines?
  5. Date: 23 Apr 2004 16:11:05 -0400
  6. Organization: PANIX -- Public Access Networks Corp.
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  13. Xref: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu comp.protocols.kermit.misc:14972
  14.  
  15. Hoping that maybe *something* in them will trigger
  16. some memory or thought,
  17. here's a copy of an email I sent to my shell-acct ISP, re
  18. their dial-in somehow operating differently these days -- seems
  19. it now uses TTS authentication, after I enter "panix.com" to
  20. it's "host" prompt, simply says "authentication succeeded",
  21. and instantly then hangs -- even before giving me an actual "Login" prompt.
  22.  
  23. Here's what I sent them:
  24.  
  25.  
  26.  
  27.  
  28.  
  29. Subject: [Mara] GlobalNAPS went down last night; need to make Cortel work *for me*                                                                           
  30. From: David Combs <dkcombs@panix.com>                                                                                                                        
  31. To: support@panix.com                                                                                                                                        
  32. Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:50:38 -0400                                                                                                                        
  33. Message-ID: <20040423195038.GA9685@panix.com>                                                                                                                
  34.                                                                                                                                                              
  35. Mara told me yesterday (email) that along with several                                                                                                       
  36. other panix-users, Cortel-lines (the normal panix dial-ins)                                                                                                  
  37. weren't suited, any more (since last week or two) for                                                                                                        
  38. dial-in by me, and that I'd have to limit myself                                                                                                             
  39. to the (few?) GlobalNAPS lines.                                                                                                                              
  40.                                                                                                                                                              
  41. Problem is that early this am, somewhere between                                                                                                             
  42. 2am and 4am, it ceased allowing me to login,                                                                                                                 
  43. simply hanging after I responded to its "host"                                                                                                               
  44. prompt (I of course answered with the usual panix.com).                                                                                                      
  45.                                                                                                                                                              
  46. And without ability to dial in, no way to send email                                                                                                         
  47. to support, since I have *no* way to get into panix.                                                                                                         
  48.                                                                                                                                                              
  49. And, weekend is coming up, ie unattended panix.                                                                                                              
  50.                                                                                                                                                              
  51. THUS:                                                                                                                                                        
  52.                                                                                                                                                              
  53. Whatever it is that makes Cortel unhappy with my                                                                                                             
  54. dialing-in, I *must* surmount it.                                                                                                                            
  55.                                                                                                                                                              
  56. And only *you* guys can help me do that, by telling                                                                                                          
  57. me what to change about my configuration (Blade100,                                                                                                          
  58. solaris 9, coming in via Kermit (which I believe                                                                                                             
  59. is pretty full-featured with security-stuff, or can                                                                                                          
  60. at least probably let me use my own security-stuff, that                                                                                                     
  61. comes with solaris.)).                                                                                                                                       
  62.                                                                                                                                                              
  63. My suggestion is that sometime before 8pm tonight (when                                                                                                      
  64. I believe your final guy leaves for the weekend?), we                                                                                                        
  65. talk by phone while I try suggestions from you                                                                                                               
  66. and try to dial in via Cortel-lines.)                                                                                                                        
  67.                                                                                                                                                              
  68. If needed, let Alexis at least know about this                                                                                                               
  69. suggestion.  I mean, if there's *several* of us                                                                                                              
  70. having this Cortel-problem -- well, just how many                                                                                                            
  71. GlobalNAPS lines does he want to pay for?                                                                                                                    
  72.                                                                                                                                                              
  73. Thanks,                                                                                                                                                      
  74.                                                                                                                                                              
  75. David                                                                                                                                                        
  76.                                                                                                                                                              
  77.              
  78. ------------------------ And here's two earlier ones:
  79.  
  80.  
  81.  
  82. >From dkcombs@panix.com Thu Apr 22 21:05:49 EDT 2004
  83. Article: 76374 of panix.questions
  84. From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
  85. Newsgroups: panix.questions
  86. Subject: (new to me) "TTS Authentication Succeeded" (or the like): then FREEZES (phone-dialin)
  87. Date: 17 Apr 2004 17:34:08 -0400
  88.  
  89.  
  90. For the last three or so weeks, I've been
  91. dialing in through that "failsafe" line:
  92.  
  93.    dial 17185042681
  94.  
  95. Today I tried dialing in through a "regular" line,
  96. the one in yonkers:
  97.  
  98.   1: yonkers:          dial 2332064
  99.  
  100. , and when I did, I got this "TTS Authenticated Succeeded"
  101.  (or something close to that),
  102.  
  103. after which it "just sat there"  -- and after a few minutes
  104. of fruitless waiting, I did the abort (kermit) control-\,
  105. and reverted back to that "failsafe" (my terminology) line --
  106. which works fine, no authenticationo message.
  107.  
  108. Needless to say, I've received no login-message (in the last three
  109. or so weeks) that said anything about this TTS thing.
  110.  
  111. QUESTION: any idea what it wants me to do, to be able
  112. to dial-in and *log-in* via the normal phone-lines?
  113.  
  114. Again, I'm coming in through plain dial-in, NOT via
  115. cable-modem and browser and then into panix.  
  116.  
  117. Just a straight dial-in.
  118.  
  119. Thanks!
  120.  
  121. David
  122.  
  123.  
  124.  
  125.  
  126. >From staff@panix.com Thu Apr 22 21:05:56 EDT 2004
  127. Article: 76413 of panix.questions
  128. Path: reader2.panix.com!reader1.panix.com!panix!not-for-mail
  129. From: staff@panix.com  (Mara's Staff Account)
  130. Newsgroups: panix.questions
  131. Subject: Re: (new to me) "TTS Authentication Succeeded" (or the like): then FREEZES (phone-dialin)
  132. Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:24:04 +0000 (UTC)
  133.  
  134.  
  135. dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
  136.  >For the last three or so weeks, I've been
  137.  >dialing in through that "failsafe" line:
  138.  
  139.  >   dial 17185042681
  140.  
  141.  >Today I tried dialing in through a "regular" line,
  142.  >the one in yonkers:
  143.  
  144.  >  1: yonkers:          dial 2332064
  145.  
  146.  
  147.  >, and when I did, I got this "TTS Authenticated Succeeded"
  148.  > (or something close to that),
  149.  
  150. Some users have problems with the Coretel (xx64) lines.
  151.  
  152. If you don't make  a successful connection on those lines 
  153. you should use the GlobalNAPS numbers (what you referred to
  154. as the "failsafe" line).  
  155.  
  156. Because dialup issues involve so many different variables, they
  157. are usually better dealt with on an individual basis by email to
  158. modems@panix.com.  Using a newsgroup is not particularly efficient.
  159. -- 
  160. Mara Chibnik                                               Staff Account
  161. mc@panix.com                                               (212) 741-4400
  162.  
  163.  
  164.  
  165.  
  166.  
  167.  
  168. Does that stuff tell you *anything* useful?
  169.  
  170. Thanks!
  171.  
  172. David
  173.  
  174.