>From: "Jack Cotter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Hi,
>This is an update to the situation.
>
>Last week I was using Arachne ver 1.5 since then I have updated to ver
>1.6.
>
>Michael I have used your Netdial/Arachne1.6 combo.(aka The Big Hammer).
>It works fine on the machines that work. No good on the Compaq 590! The
>dial-up and connect to my ISP works fine. I get the PPP session start
>from the ISP. I get to the PAKTDRVR routine(i.e. ... Going to Arachne
>1.6) and nothing happens. The path.cfg shows no results for my-ip,
>gateway, or netmask (the nameservers echo works).
>
>I switched to the diagnostic version of epppd (epppdd). I get no errors
>from either version. If I redirect the output to a file the file is
>written, but nothing is in it.
>
>I tried loading epppd in low memory (I'm only using 23k on the 590
>installation). No good.
>
>I think this is the same problem as when using the Arachne dial-up.
>Looks like epppd will just not work on this machine!
>
>Jack Cotter
Jack,
Post your mem.txt file to the list. I wonder if you have enough
conventional memory to run arachne and also the 70K epppd.exe
To do that, at the DOS prompt type mem/c > mem.txt
Also, you can step through the entire batch file one line at a time
with this:
--------------------------
COMMAND /Y /C web.bat
--------------------------
That uses the web.bat file in my Netdial-Arachne combo
given again here:
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@Echo Off
C:
cd C:\netdial
aracdial.bat %1 %2 %3 %4
-------------------------
Stepping though slowly might make it work, or at least let you
see what's going on in a different light...
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Back to the mem.txt file:
I have one machine that has a CDROM drive, and the two drivers
for that I placed in upper memory. Together they were 46K, so that
crowded out my epppd that I had placed in upper memory with "LH".
So, I had to put epppd in conventional memory, but there was only
28K used for MSDOS, SETVER, HIMEM, EMM386 and COMMAND, leaving 613K
for Arachne, and epppd. With epppd, then, about 70K more is used,
leaving 543K for Arachne. That's enough. Not having to use
Netdial-Arachne on that machine.
Even though the numbers add up to _enough_ for Arachne and epppd,
I sometimes have to use the Netdial-Arachne combo on other machines,
and after exaustive tests (me, not the machine) on my Compaq, I still
find _some_ failures at the point in the aracdial.bat script where
epppd is supposed to work.
I've rewritten aracdial.bat once more, to try and jump over the
epppd hurdle, and get Arachne running. Here's the critical part:
------------------------------
Holdit 4 > nul
if errorlevel 0 goto :ARACHNE
if errorlevel 200 goto :END
rem packet driver loaded, so ready to start Arachne
:ARACHNE
@Echo Off
C:
cd C:\ARACHNE
arachne.bat %1 %2 %3 %4
--------------------------------
The _latest_ aracdial.bat is attached.
-------------------------------------
The Compaq 590 has been a problem, others with 590's have tried the
Netdial-Arachne combo and given up. I'd like to get ahold of
a 590 and battle it out myself. There may be too many drivers in
conventional memory for Arachne and epppd to work on those machines,
that's why I have requested the mem.txt file be posted to the list.
Also, I need some input on the aracdial.bat file from those on the list
that are experienced in writing .bat files.
Although I have some epppd failures on my Compaq 575, the Netdial-
Arachne combo usually works, and enough so I consider it about 80%
reliable.
Hope this helps,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
@echo off
rem Batch file name aracdial.bat.
rem A version of Bobcat's bcatdial.bat for use with Arachne.
rem This copy goes in c:\netdial directory.
rem Uses Netdial 1.3 - nd130.zip
rem Modified to boot up Arachne after connection made.
rem February 2, 2000.
rem clear the screen and set screen and text color.
cls
setscrn
rem dial up the ISP
:DIAL
echo.
echo Dialing Intop ISP for Arachne 1.60
echo.
echo OFF
NETDIAL COMn 2 BASE 0x2F8 IRQ 3 57600 TRIES 4
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO :BUSY
IF ERRORLEVEL 200 goto :END
goto :PKTDRVR
:BUSY
cls
setscrn
echo.
echo Unable to reach ISP - will Dial again - Esc to quit.
echo.
Holdit 3 > nul
if errorlevel 2 goto :END
cls
setscrn
goto :DIAL
rem starting epppd and going to arachne
:PKTDRVR
echo.
echo Connecting to Intop Internet Service Provider.
echo.
echo Arachne 1.60 will start in a moment...
echo.
@lh epppd base 0x2F8 irq 3 pktvec 0x60 57600 asyncmap 0 crtscts
call IP-UP.bat
rem set GATEWAY=%REMIP%
echo my_ip=%MYIP% > path.cfg
echo gateway=%remip% >> path.cfg
echo netmask=%netmask% >> path.cfg
echo nameserver=206.156.254.2 >> path.cfg
echo nameserver=206.156.2.0 >> path.cfg
echo Ip address set to %MYIP%
Holdit 4 > nul
if errorlevel 0 goto :ARACHNE
if errorlevel 200 goto :END
rem packet driver loaded, so ready to start Arachne
:ARACHNE
@Echo Off
C:
cd C:\ARACHNE
arachne.bat %1 %2 %3 %4
:END
cls
setscrn
echo.
echo Disconnecting from Intop Internet Service Provider.
echo.
Holdit 4 > nul
rem remove packet driver. hang up the phone.
termin 0x60
netdial COMn 2 BASE 0x2F8 IRQ 3 hangup
cls
C:
cd C:\
COMPAQ deskpro 575
