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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: IS AMIGA TCP NOT GOOD ENOUGH? HELP!
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 23:19:58 GMT
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- On or about 04-Jan-96 10:46:30 Henrik Dissing typed the following words about
- "Re: IS AMIGA TCP NOT GOOD ENOUGH? HELP!". My reply is thus...
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- HD> On 02-Jan-96 14:36:18, Jonah Hex wrote:
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- >>>They probably use PAP/CHAP authentication. These are PPP features. PA
- >>>and CHAP are both supported by the registered Amiga PPP 1.30, but *not*
- >>>supported by the demo version. Buy the registered PPP 1.30, and look i
- >>>the docs.
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- >> I'm sorry to say this, but it doesn't work. I have a dialup to a WinNT
- >> and I have tried with PAP and CHAP without any result.
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- HD> There is a problem (caused by Microsnot somehow bending the standard)
- HD> with ppp.device and NT servers.
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- HD> Holger Kruse (father of ppp.device) has promised to release a
- HD> work-around. Hopefully, it won't be long, because here in Denmark a lot
- HD> of people, including most of the ISP's, are left with the false
- HD> impression that an Amiga cannot be used with a PPP connection. And the
- HD> longer this rumour is allowed to wander, the more likely it is that it
- HD> will become "a known fact".
-
- HD> The somewhat unfortunate "No PAP"-limitation in the unregistrered
- HD> ppp.device adds to the confusion and frustration, because many people
- HD> have registrered it without being able to try it out first, only to
- HD> discover that they cannot use it at all.
-
- HD> Holger: If you read this I suggest that you remove this limitation; the
- HD> 40% speed increase should be more than enough to encourage people to
- HD> register.
-
- Ho;ger now has V1.40beta on his Web page. It is supposed to fix the problems
- with NT servers. I don't know if it does as I don't have that problem. The
- demo version also has limithe PAP/CHAP support. It will connect via PAP/CHAP
- but times out after 15 minutes if I remember correctly.
-
- http://www.america.com/~kruse/home.html
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