Hi;
Regarding the simplicity of Arachne setup for DSL, I said I would check
today regarding the necessity of specifying gateway nameserver numbers.
Maybe my setup is simpler than most because I'm on a subnet (ethernet)
and apparantly our DSL router does all the work for us. If you are
directly connected to your DSL modem, you will probably have to specify
nameservers and gateway numbers plus username and password.
Today I confirmed that in MY setup I can delete username and password
plus I can set gateway and nameserver quads to: 0.0.0.0
To reiterate, I just install the manufacturer supplied packet driver for
my ethernet card in autoexec:
C:\LOADHI C:\ARACHNE\SYSTEM\PKTDRVRS\DLKPKT 0x60 >C:\ARACHNE\ETHER.LOG
I use BOOTP. Here is the relevant portion of my (working) Arachne.cfg:
[profile]
Profile CADCODSL.ACF
Connection READY
;Connection @cmd ... command cmd will establish connection
;Connection READY ... connection is permanent, packet driver in AUTOEXEC...
;Connection NUL ... do not start TCP/IP (run "arachne -c" to force this)
[dialer]
DialPage file:PPP_INIT.HTM
Dialer NUL
TerminalWindow @MINITERM.EXE>>PPP.LOG
UseTerminal No
Port 3
Irq 4
Base 0x3e8
Mode 8N1
Speed 57600
InitString +++ATZ
DialString ATDT
PhoneNumber Connection READY
Autologin No
WaitFor1 :
Response1 \u
WaitFor2 word:
Response2 \p
PPPusername
PPPpassword
;Base values: Default|0x??? (eg. 0x3e8)
;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
[tcp/ip]
IP_Address BOOTP
IP_Grab IP address set to
NameServer 0.0.0.0
AltNameServer 0.0.0.0
Gateway 0.0.0.0
AltGateway 0.0.0.0
Netmask 0.0.0.0
TCPconfig LANTCP.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)
Note in the [Dialer] section I have set Dialer NUL.
I could have just as well set Dailer Hockeypuck.
The result is no dialing takes place if I accidently hit altD - and I
am taken directly to my Homepage.
Also I didn't bother to remove old parts concerned only with the modem.
The specified phone number is displayed as a message on the dialpage.
Bootp takes care of configuration between Arachne and the Router -
the router talks to the DSL modem. I think that's how it works. :(
It really isn't as simple as it sounds because I just got lucky with
Arachne I guess. I can't make Telnet work, (using BOOTP) and I can't
make my LOCAL router talk to the MAIN router (using BOOTP). It's
running Freecisco and just sits there saying: Waiting for DHCPoffer.
So I'm currently bypassing the local router.
SSHDOS, however, works fine configuring via BOOTP as long as I delete
WATTCP.cfg.
More later.
- Clarence Verge.
-- Using Arachne 1.66 for a while.
