Update to Michael D's Freewwweb.com login "project":
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 02:30:53 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Michael(D),
> Your setup looks OK to me. When he said "remove" he was speaking of
> setup which used to have & may still have hyphens in some of those
> fields. The hyphens have to be removed, and they are in the config
> below.
Right. Won't work with hyphens there. Also, I found that I needed to
leave the lines there, it seems to act as a small delay after the
password is sent, and it connects just fine then.
> Second, have you tried leaving the script totally blank but selecting
> "use script" ?? In PAP negotiations with ISP that is all that is
> necessary; Arachne provides /u and /p without having to be specifically
> told. That makes a script really simple to write. <G>
Have not tried that. I like to edit the .acf's and arachne.cfg files
using WIN 3.1's notepad, and then going back to Arachne, changes in
place. I'm not fond of using Arachne's setup screens, sometimes things
get changed that I am not aware of.
> Another thing ... since to use /u and /p you have to save your username
> and password to config anyway, why not avoid excessive change and just
> type in your username and password in the script [if your ISP is set up
> so you can't use "blank script" method above]? When it writes to screen
> on "dial" page, password will write as asterisks ***** anyway.
Good reminder. I'm been meaning to do that, saving it for the day when
all my other problems are solved. It's probably much better than the
/u and /p thing.
> Hope that doesn't confuse you more than before.
No, I'm with you all the way, except for the "use script" item, which
I need pointing in right direction as I edit the .acf's and arachne.cfg
by hand, etc. and will probably not try this anyway, since I am
connecting as is.
<snip>
> Glenn said:
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> In your Miniterm script, after your line to send your "password", you
> need to ERASE ANY ENTRIES IN ARACHNE SETUP SCREEN
> BELOW THIS POINT!
> This will then exit Miniterm after sending your password to login to
> Freewwweb and start the PPP/SLIP authentication process.
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Michael D. said: (and has added new comments about the delay required)
> Here is the Dialer part of my Freewwweb .acf file:
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> [dialer]
> DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
> Dialer @MINITERM.EXE>PPP.LOG
> TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE
> UseTerminal No
> Port 2
> Irq 3
> Base Default
> Mode 8N1
> Speed 19200
> InitString ATZ
> DialString ATDT
> PhoneNumber 355-8311
> Autodial Yes
> Autologin Yes
> WaitFor1 ogin:
> Response1 \u
> WaitFor2 sword:
> Response2 \p
> WaitFor3 (note: these next four lines act as a little delay..)
> Response3 (take them out, and it won't connect)
> WaitFor4
> Response4
> PPPusername [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> PPPpassword xxxxxx
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(Michael D now saying OT Bobcat)
Here is my successful Freewwweb netdial.scr, showing the little
delay that seems to be required after the password:
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#NETDIAL.SCR file for IBM PS/1 computer running Bobcat.
#FREEWWWEB ISP
#March 25 2000
send "AT&F&C1&D2\r"
recv 15000 "OK"
recv 500 "" # delay kludge, fast computer/slow modem
send "ATDT3558311\r"
recv 75000 ":"
send "[EMAIL PROTECTED]\r"
recv 60000 "sword:"
send "mypassword\r"
recv 15000 "" #delay, won't connect without it.
#Since this works, the Freewwweb server needs nothing more.
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So, I have discovered that a little delay is required by Freewwweb
after the password is sent. If I leave it out, it won't connect.
I found this out when I had several comment lines after the password
preceded with a #, and they seemed to provide the delay.
Once I took them out, it quit working. The recv 15000 "" is a
little long, 5000 would be enough.
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I just paused long enough to connect using Nettamer, to Freewwweb.
(Got some news and weather)
Here is the .log file I use there:
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WAIT login:
BLAST Username$
WAIT Password:
BLAST Password$
PPP
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As you Net-T users know, this file will work for all, since
Nettamer gets your username and password from other Net-T files,
unlike Arachne and Netdial, which have the actual username and
password in the .cfg, .acf(arachne) or .scr(Netdial) files.
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Will appreciate comments to the above update from all.
Thanks,
Michael L. Dawley
Pearl, Mississippi
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