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. __________________________________________________________________ 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/
