Hi Roger, <<Roger Turk If you log onto Compuserve, you *can't* get on the web, but you can FTP, Telnet, etc., except *browse* the www. The exception is, I think, using Compuserve's proprietary software, you can browse the web.>> Ummm, huh? If you have CompuServe "Classic" account (i.e. you have a numeric ID) then you can certainly use BobCat, NetTamer, Arachne etc with a CompuServe dial up. If you have a CompuServe 2000 account (i.e. AOL screen names) then no, you can't because you're using AOL's front end and it doesn't provide a PPP connection. I rarely use the Arachne dialer to do this. It's usually okay if you don't need have your modem called by an 'address'. I thought Steve said he was able to use CompuServe with Arachne, but not with his FreeWeb account? One thing he mentioned was the use of smtp.compuserve.com as the outgoing mail server when not using CompuServe. In the past you could do that, but it's now a closed relay and it won't accept mail for sending that doesn't originate from a dialup on a CompuServe account. The basic setup for Arachne on Compuserve is to proceed as normal with the setup (getting the modem to work is often the hardest part <g>). In Arachne.cfg the entries for CompuServe, if you're going to use the Arachne MiniTerm.exe dialer, that you can edit in are relatively minor, listed here by section of Arachne.cfg Items not listed can be what setup is successful in creating: Be sure you're in the Arachne directory when logging in. =================== [profile] Connection @epppd.exe>>PPP.LOG [dialer] DialPage file:ppp_init.htm Dialer @MINITERM.EXE>PPP.LOG TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE UseTerminal Yes Mode 7E1 Autologin Yes WaitFor1 Response1 \w\r WaitFor2 Host Name: Response2 CPS WaitFor3 User ID: Response3 @? WaitFor4 User ID: Response4 \u/noint/go:pppconnect WaitFor5 Password: Response5 \p PPPusername CompuServeUserIDhere PPPpassword CompuServePasswordhere [tcp/ip] IP_Address PPP ;IP_Address %MYIP% NameServer 149.174.213.5 AltNameServer 149.174.211.5 Gateway 0.0.0.0 AltGateway 0.0.0.0 Netmask 0.0.0.0 TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG ================== If you're using the Chat dialer or NetDial then change the above as follows [Profile] Connection Ready [tcp/ip] IP_Address %MYIP% and it should work If the modem is on a base address or nonstandard setup then the Arachne Minidial.exe may have trouble getting things to work correctly on this one. The Nameservers may be different if using a CompuServe dialup outside of the U.S. Bob Buckland ?:-) GO InetRes on CompuServe
