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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Installing AmiTCP/Logging in
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 18:12:16
- Organization: Private node.
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- Chris Clarke (chris@caleddon.dircon.co.uk) wrote:
- : When I attempted to install AmiTCP on my Amiga, it asked me to log in,
- : so I typed the name which my ISP (dircon) assigned me, then my password. The
- : message 'login incorrect' appeared.
- :
- : I have never had to log in to my Amiga before, but I presume I will
- : have to have a login name and password when I am connected to the
- : Internet, so please, what do I do?
-
- You are confusing your AmiTCP login id with the id you use to connect to your
- provider (over a SLIP line or whatever). For your AmiTCP login and password,
- you can use whatever you wish. The name and password your ISP has given you
- are of interest only to your dialer, which establishes the initial connection
- with the ISP and sets AmiTCP on its way.
-
- -- Mat.
-