Terri,
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Hope this helps.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
Terri FitzSimmons wrote:
. > I have recently established an account on FREEWWWEB, but ARACHNE
. > doesn't
. > seem to be able to connect with the web using that ISP. I can log on to
. > FREEWEB and load the packetdriver, but the home page -- indeed, any page
. > --
. > does not display. ARACHNE just hangs until I cancel manually. Can
. > anybody
. > tell me what's happening here?
. > I can get on the web through CompuServe, but not FREEWWWEB.
. > Here's the relevant part of the .cfg file:
. > [connection]
. > Profile FREE.ACF
. > Connection @epppd.exe > PPP.LOG
. > Hangup @termin.com 0x60>NUL
. > ;Connection @dialer ... Arachne will display DialPage and call dialer
. > ;Connection READY ... Arachne expects resident packet driver
. > ;Connection NUL ... Do not start TCP/IP (run "arachne -c" to force
. > this)
. > [dialer]
. > DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
. > Dialer @EPPPD.EXE > PPP.LOG
. > TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE
. > UseTerminal Yes
. > Port 1
. > Irq 4
. > Base 0x3f8
. > Mode 8N1
. > Speed 38400
. > InitString AT&F
. > DialString ATDT
. > PhoneNumber 930-1555
. > Autologin no
. > Waitfor 1 <--For auto login, make this, Waitfor1 ogin:
Does your Arachne.cfg have a space between
"Waitfor" and "1"? If so, delete it!
. > Response1 <--For auto login, make this, Response1 \u
. > WaitFor2 Login: <--For auto login, use what you have for
Waitfor3 and Response3
. > Response2 \u
. > WaitFor3 sword: <--For auto login, delete this and Response3
. > Response3 \p
. > WaitFor4
. > Response4
. > WaitFor5
. > Response5
. > ;/noint/go:pppconnect
. > PPPusername xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <--Make sure that this is,
<yourusername>@freewwweb.com
. > PPPpassword XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
. > ;Base values: Default|0x??? (eg. 0x3e8)
. > ;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
. > [tcp/ip]
. > IP_Address %MYIP%
. > IP_Grab IP address set to
. > NameServer 63.24.150.127 <--Change this to: 216.70.64.1
. > AltNameServer 63.24.117.63 <-- Change this to 216.70.64.2
. > Gateway 0.0.0.0
. > AltGateway 0.0.0.0
. > Netmask 0.0.0.0
. > TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG
. > ;IP_Address n.n.n.n ... fixed IP address
. > ;IP_Address PPP ... for PPP.EXE and PPPD.EXE (get address from
. > PPP.LOG)
. > ;IP_Address BOOTP ... WatTcp attepmts to use BOOTP protocol
. > ;IP_Address %enviro% ... Minuet style (enviroment variable, like %MYIP%)
. > ;IP_Address WATTCP ... use ONLY values from TCPconfig (variable "my_ip")
. > ;IP_Grab string ... prefix of IP address in PPP.LOG ("IP address set
. > to")
. > ;TCPconfig filename ... name of WatTcp configuration file (often
. > WATTCP.CFG)
For Pop3username, use just your username (w/o "@freewwweb.com")
