John McKloskey wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
> I successfully connected with my own ISP(wi.net), but ran into a problem with the
> ISP (newnorth.net) that covers my folks, who will be the ultimate users of the
> 386. This is 1.50 src. Appreciate any help, Arachnites. John
>
> (I) Press my F7 button after one line of gibberish. The F7 button button is the one
> which starts PPP. This results in immediate disconnect. It flashes by so fast,
> but while disconnecting , some messages occur; I believe they deal with "no packet
> driver" and/or a problem with com2.
Hi John;
Very likely it is the famous comport problem wherein EPPPD (the PPP program)
can't find a port that Miniterm (the Dialler) was just using. Although this
problem is usually blamed on the computer bios, it is really a problem with
EPPPD because Miniterm works just fine.
There are 2 possible fixes:
1) In your Arachne.cfg file specify the actual base # instead of "default".
e.g. look for:
Port 4
Irq 3
Base 0x2e8 <----instead of Default for Port 4
For Port 3 use 0x3e8 and for Port 2 use 0x2f8.
I think a lot of trouble could be skipped if the value "Default" never existed.
2) If the above doesn't do the job, you may have to run a program called
"Comports" found at simtelnet in a file called 4ports4u.zip.
This program fills holes in the bios list of available ports. Run it every
time before Arachne.
- Clarence Verge
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