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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Problems with PPP 1_30
- Date: 28 Jan 96 11:46:50 +0500
- Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900)
- Message-ID: <2919.6601T706T2540@xmission.com>
- References: <4dvhvq$4ha@news2.acs.oakland.edu> <4eac4v$aku@moo.dsi.unive.it><1041.6599T798T424@user1.channel1.com>
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- On or about 28-Jan-96 05:48:00 Eric D. Jackson typed the following words about
- "Re: Problems with PPP 1_30". My reply is thus...
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- >>In article <1041.6599T798T424@user1.channel1.com>,
- >>ejack@user1.channel1.com (Eric D. Jackson) wrote:
-
- >>> >Timothy McCaffrey (ctmc@vela.acs.oakland.edu) wrote:
- >>> >: As it stands now when I initiate the startnet command, PPP 1_30 op
- >>> >: the serial port no problem, gets the modem to dial, connects and i
- >>> >: the login sequence for my account and then the dialer window close
- >>> >: Presumably the rest of the startnet script is supposed to execute
- >>> >: that point. What happens, though, is the PPP program passes some d
- >>> >: over the modem connection a couple of times and then quits with th
- >>> >: following error message:
- >>>
- >>> >: S2_ONLINE: Device driver is offline (Unit is currently offline)
- >>> >: AmiTCP:bin/online failed returncode 10
- >>>
- >>> I had the exact same problem. I went to the home page of the author a
- >>> 1.40 beta and installed the eval version because I think the other 2
- >>> versions are for registered users. I used that and Amiconnect and I w
- >>> able to get online easily. I found the author's homepage by connectin
- >>> the Amiga homepage to the gigantic list of Amiga links it lets you ac
- >>>
- >>> Eric D. Jackson <ejack@user1.channel1.com>
-
- >>what is amiconnect? is it an alternative to dialer.device?
- EDJ> I don't know what dialer.device is. Amiconnect is a dialer script. (is t
- EDJ> what you meant?) I just switched over to a PPP acount after having a sli
- EDJ> account. After trying to figure those dialers out for almost 1 year, I l
- EDJ> at amiconnect because I had liked the same author's Control Panel. It's
- EDJ> point and click way to start all your Net stuff from a single Control Pa
- EDJ> Anyway, Amiconnect's aclogonscript makes it very easy. You can even use
- EDJ> editor and type in your prompts. If you set you password and user name i
- EDJ> aclogonscript it overides the other settings. Very easy to use.
- EDJ> Eric D. Jackson
- EDJ> <ejack@user1.channel1.com>
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- Are you using ppp.device? If so why not use the built in dialer? It is so much
- easier than anything else I have tried. When your startnet script issues the
- online ppp.device command the ppp.device dials the modem and you're on.
-
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