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Subject: Re: Does Kermit have stuff built-in for dialing-in to (TTS) Cortel-lines?
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It could be either a modem configuration problem or an incompatibility
between your brand of modem and the modems used by Cortel on their
lines.  If its a configuration problem I would look to drop the max
speed of the modem to modem negotiations and ensure you have proper
flow control settings.

Jeffrey Altman
Secure Endpoints Inc




David Combs wrote:
> Hoping that maybe *something* in them will trigger
> some memory or thought,
> here's a copy of an email I sent to my shell-acct ISP, re
> their dial-in somehow operating differently these days -- seems
> it now uses TTS authentication, after I enter "panix.com" to
> it's "host" prompt, simply says "authentication succeeded",
> and instantly then hangs -- even before giving me an actual "Login" prompt.
>
> Here's what I sent them:
>
>
>
>
>
> Subject: [Mara] GlobalNAPS went down last night; need to make Cortel work *for me*
> From: David Combs <[e-mail]>
> To: [e-mail]
> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:50:38 -0400
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
>
> Mara told me yesterday (email) that along with several
> other panix-users, Cortel-lines (the normal panix dial-ins)
> weren't suited, any more (since last week or two) for
> dial-in by me, and that I'd have to limit myself
> to the (few?) GlobalNAPS lines.
>
> Problem is that early this am, somewhere between
> 2am and 4am, it ceased allowing me to login,
> simply hanging after I responded to its "host"
> prompt (I of course answered with the usual panix.com).
>
> And without ability to dial in, no way to send email
> to support, since I have *no* way to get into panix.
>
> And, weekend is coming up, ie unattended panix.
>
> THUS:
>
> Whatever it is that makes Cortel unhappy with my
> dialing-in, I *must* surmount it.
>
> And only *you* guys can help me do that, by telling
> me what to change about my configuration (Blade100,
> solaris 9, coming in via Kermit (which I believe
> is pretty full-featured with security-stuff, or can
> at least probably let me use my own security-stuff, that
> comes with solaris.)).
>
> My suggestion is that sometime before 8pm tonight (when
> I believe your final guy leaves for the weekend?), we
> talk by phone while I try suggestions from you
> and try to dial in via Cortel-lines.)
>
> If needed, let Alexis at least know about this
> suggestion.  I mean, if there's *several* of us
> having this Cortel-problem -- well, just how many
> GlobalNAPS lines does he want to pay for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
> ------------------------ And here's two earlier ones:
>
>
>
> From [e-mail] Thu Apr 22 21:05:49 EDT 2004
> Article: 76374 of panix.questions
> From: [e-mail] (David Combs)
> Newsgroups: panix.questions
> Subject: (new to me) "TTS Authentication Succeeded" (or the like): then FREEZES (phone-dialin)
> Date: 17 Apr 2004 17:34:08 -0400
>
>
> For the last three or so weeks, I've been
> dialing in through that "failsafe" line:
>
>    dial 17185042681
>
> Today I tried dialing in through a "regular" line,
> the one in yonkers:
>
>   1: yonkers:          dial 2332064
>
> , and when I did, I got this "TTS Authenticated Succeeded"
>  (or something close to that),
>
> after which it "just sat there"  -- and after a few minutes
> of fruitless waiting, I did the abort (kermit) control-\,
> and reverted back to that "failsafe" (my terminology) line --
> which works fine, no authenticationo message.
>
> Needless to say, I've received no login-message (in the last three
> or so weeks) that said anything about this TTS thing.
>
> QUESTION: any idea what it wants me to do, to be able
> to dial-in and *log-in* via the normal phone-lines?
>
> Again, I'm coming in through plain dial-in, NOT via
> cable-modem and browser and then into panix.
>
> Just a straight dial-in.
>
> Thanks!
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> From [e-mail] Thu Apr 22 21:05:56 EDT 2004
> Article: 76413 of panix.questions
> Path: reader2.panix.com!reader1.panix.com!panix!not-for-mail
> From: [e-mail]  (Mara's Staff Account)
> Newsgroups: panix.questions
> Subject: Re: (new to me) "TTS Authentication Succeeded" (or the like): then FREEZES (phone-dialin)
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:24:04 +0000 (UTC)
>
>
> [e-mail] (David Combs) writes:
>  >For the last three or so weeks, I've been
>  >dialing in through that "failsafe" line:
>
>  >   dial 17185042681
>
>  >Today I tried dialing in through a "regular" line,
>  >the one in yonkers:
>
>  >  1: yonkers:          dial 2332064
>
>
>  >, and when I did, I got this "TTS Authenticated Succeeded"
>  > (or something close to that),
>
> Some users have problems with the Coretel (xx64) lines.
>
> If you don't make  a successful connection on those lines
> you should use the GlobalNAPS numbers (what you referred to
> as the "failsafe" line).
>
> Because dialup issues involve so many different variables, they
> are usually better dealt with on an individual basis by email to
> [e-mail].  Using a newsgroup is not particularly efficient.

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