Michael,
No breakthroughs yet!
Attached is the memory setup on the machine at this moment. I've
disabled the mouse and smartdrv for maximum memory. Also attached is a
screenshot of a typical transaction. I have a PAUSE in after %MYIP% echo
line to see if an IP address is shown. I'm using your aracdial.bat from
2-6-00.
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael L. Dawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: PPP link is down
>
> >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:
> -------------------------
> @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...
> ----------------------------------------------
> 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
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------
>
> COMPAQ deskpro 575
Modules using memory below 1 MB:
Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory
-------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
MSDOS 15,469 (15K) 15,469 (15K) 0 (0K)
HIMEM 1,168 (1K) 1,168 (1K) 0 (0K)
EMM386 4,144 (4K) 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K)
COMMAND 2,928 (3K) 2,928 (3K) 0 (0K)
SETVER 512 (1K) 0 (0K) 512 (1K)
DOSKEY 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K) 4,144 (4K)
Free 785,408 (767K) 631,488 (617K) 153,920 (150K)
Memory Summary:
Type of Memory Total = Used + Free
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Conventional 655,360 23,872 631,488
Upper 158,576 4,656 153,920
Reserved 393,216 393,216 0
Extended (XMS) 32,347,280 275,600 32,071,680
---------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Total memory 33,554,432 697,344 32,857,088
Total under 1 MB 813,936 28,528 785,408
Largest executable program size 631,392 (617K)
Largest free upper memory block 153,744 (150K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.
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