On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:03:38 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:

> Hello List.

> Does anyone know whether it is possible to set up Arachne's dialler to
> try alternate numbers if the first one is busy or down?

> My ISP has up to twenty or more offices around the country, all with
> different phone numbers of course, and I can dial in to any of them to
> log in and connect.

> But I can't see any way to make Arachne cycle to another number if the
> normal (first) one is not available.

Hi Greg,

No problem.

Here's a repost of my message from almost 4 years ago.

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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:20:03 -0400, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:15:01 -0700 (PDT), Howard Schwartz wrote:

>> This may be a naive question but,  is there a way in arachne to store
>> and dail more than a single phone number?

>> Specifically, my ISP has 3 different ``POPs'' -- internet access phone
>> numbers that are billed as a local call. Quite often, one of these
>> numbers is busy, is connected to a modem that does not work, etc.
>> In these cases, dialing phone number 1, does not get you a connection,
>> but dialing number 2 or 3 will connect.

> I have the same situation. So I created 629-8686.acf and 797-3118.acf
> They are exactly the same except for the phone number.

> If you're lazy (like me<g>), you'll want to change ACFs automatically.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> CACFIB v0.1alpha (Change_ACF_If_Busy)

> Edit this line in \arachne\system\gui\err_ppp.ah
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10; URL=arachne:dialer">

> Change it to
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10; URL=arachne:exit">

> Start arachne by running cacfib.bat
> - ---cacfib.bat---
> @echo off
> arachne_drive_letter:
> cd \arachne_main_directory
> :start
> if exist ppp.log call arachne.bat
> copy 629-8686.acf arachne.cfg
> pause
> REM out this "pause" after debugging
> call arachne.bat arachne:dialer
> if exist ppp.log goto end
> copy 797-3118.acf arachne.cfg
> pause
> REM out this "pause" after debugging
> call arachne.bat arachne:dialer
> if exist ppp.log goto end
> echo "All numbers have been tried."
> echo "Cntrl+C to abort or any other key to start over."
> pause
> goto start
> :end
> call arachne -u
> REM out this line to stay on-line after exiting
> - -----------------------------------------------------------------

> - --
> Glenn McCorkle mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> North Jackson, Ohio, USA
>        Arachne, The Web Browser for DOS
> Open the 'DOOR' to the WWW. Keep the 'windows' closed.
> http://home.arachne.cz/ or http://arachne.browser.org/

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