"Michael L. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Currently I use epppd
>>with chat, but it's not that hard to use any terminal program as
>>a dialer before loading epppd.
>
>One problem I have with using Netdial to establish a connection
>and install a packet driver ahead of booting up Arachne is this:
>If I hangup with ALT-H, then I have to start all over again.<g>.
>With the regular Arachne setup, (no netdial), I can just ALT-D
>and get back on, leaving Arachne up and running while I was
>disconnected.
My approach is different. I have two batch files. One to start
PPP and one to stop. I use several DOS Internet programs that I
run on top of the same setup. There are others I haven't tried
yet. Sometimes when I go online, I use Arachne, quite often I
don't. I never use Alt-H to hangup, but Alt-X to exit Arachne,
so I can do something else. When I'm done, my second batch file
simply runs termin.com, which unloads the packet driver and hangs
up the phone.
>I doubt there is an easy solution, and to be honest, I am happy
>with the Netdial-Arachne combo like it is.
The main thing is that you've successfully loaded the packet
driver and configured Arachne (wattcp). I played around with
many different "combos", until I came up with one that I was
comfortable with. I learned quite a bit from my mistakes.:-)
Howard Eisenberger
Ottawa, Canada
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