On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:49:53 -0200, Carl Wheeley wrote:
> On Sat., 22 Jul 2000, Samuel W. Heywood wrote and sent a copy of
> his Arachne.cfg file for connecting to DialFree.net. Thanks, Sam.
> But a question: You listed NameServer 204.178.185.5 and
> AltNameServer 204.178.185.105. Are these the DNS numbers provided
> when you signed up for DialFree, or are they others that also
> work?
> The reason I ask is that I nosed around at DialFree.net to see if
> I could determine how hard it might be to get connected (if I
> were to sign up), and I found different DNS numbers under some
> heading about what Macintosh and Linux might need. What I found
> was primary DNS 206.15.168.65 and secondary DNS 206.15.168.70.
At the time when I signed up, the DNS numbers listed on the Dialfree
web page for MacIntosh and Linux were 204.178.185.5 and 204.178.185.105.
My Arachne works fine using these DNS numbers. Net-Tamer also works
with the same DNS numbers, but a problem I have in using Net-Tamer
with Dialfree is that I haven't been able to get Net-Tamer to do POP3
downloads. Otherwise Net-Tamer works fine with Dialfree.
> Personally, I'm still wrestling with whether to sign up with
> DialFree.net (though it looks like they have a local access
> number for me, whereas the now-defunct FreeWWWeb didn't)--as I
> really don't like giving them my credit card number.
> Another thing seems strange to me: The listed DialFree local
> access telephone number is the idential same local access number
> for the Bluelight free ISP service (which requires Win 95/98 or
> such. Any idea how that works with the same
> phone number?
Maybe the Bluelight free ISP service doesn't really require Win 95/98.
They just say they require it. My own ISP, Shentel.Net also says that
they require Win 95/98, but everybody on this list knows that Shentel
works with DOS too, otherwise I would not be posting messages to the list
with Arachne and Net-Tamer.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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