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- Short: best SLIP/PPP dialer with shell terminal
- Type: comm/tcp
- Author: Jochen Wiedmann, Stefan Gybas
- Uploader: Stefan Gybas <cab@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de>
- Version: 2.1 (16.04.96)
- Replaces: comm/tcp/IPDial20.lha
-
-
- -=-=-=-=-=- Introduction -=-=-=-=-=-
-
- IPDial is used to establish a SLIP, CSLIP or PPP connection to an ISP
- (Internet service provider). This is done using a script file which consists
- of commands like SEND "ATZ" or WAIT "CONNECT". After the connection is
- established, IPDial usually logs in with your user account and activates
- SLIP/PPP on the remote machine. When all this is successfully done, IPDial
- exits and your SLIP/PPP device takes over the line.
-
- When you want to disconnect, you can also use IPDial to make to modem
- physically hang up the line after SLIP/PPP has terminated.
-
- Furthermore, IPDial has a built-in terminal mode which uses the current
- shell window. If something fails while IPDial is trying to establish a
- connection, you can just press Ctrl-F to enter the terminal mode and log in
- manually.
-
-
-
- -=-=-=-=-=- Features -=-=-=-=-=-
-
- IPDial has several features that many other dialers lack:
-
- - built-in shell terminal mode: You can always interrupt your dial script
- if something went wrong or enter a secret password without writing it into
- your dial script file.
-
- - IPDial can read the serial configuration (device, unit, baud rate and
- handshake protocol) from a SANA configuration file. If you ever want to
- use a different device, unit or baud rate, just change it for your SANA
- device and IPDial will automatically use your new settings.
-
- - own script language: Simple but powerful BASIC-like language. You can,
- for example, scan the input stream for dynamic IP addresses and store them
- in environment variables.
-
- - very small: IPDial is less than 23 KB small and uses very little memory
- while running.
-
- - sample scripts included: Just adapt one of the example scripts to your
- needs. You don't have to write your own programs!
-
- - IPDial is absolutely free of charge with full source code included (see
- the GNU General Public License for details).
-
-
-
- -=-=-=-=-=- Changes since IPDial 2.0 -=-=-=-=-=-
-
- - fixed a couple of errors in the documentation (please reread the "Updating"
- and "Common problems" sections)
-
- - included dial script for the German T-Online (examples/T-Online.IPDial)
-
- - EXIT now checks its arguments
-
- - the serial buffer size is now set to 4096 bytes when a device is opened.
-
- - cleaned up code a little bit (executable is now 2 KB smaller)
-
- - removed SET and SHOWPARAMS commands. Some options from the SET command were
- moved to the DEVICE command.
-
- - TIMEOUT in WAIT command is now optional (default: 5 seconds)
-
-