Ian Greenway said,
> Hi,
> Lets face it, unless there is some unforseen catastrophe, I'll be
> buying Netconnect 3 when its done. But that doesn't stop me from
> suggesting improvements.. :)
> On several occasions, my computer has crashed while I'm online. This
> is not neccesarily due to any of the NC software, but is kinda
> inevitable that its going to happen every so often.
> When I reboot, the modem is still connected to my ISP, but of course
> there's nothing I can do about it. I have to manually switch off the
> modem to get it to drop the line, then redial my ISP, renegotiate the
> connection etc etc.
> Would it be possible for Genesis to store its "last used connect"
> config. when it connects, then have an option to attempt reconnect to
> an already existing call.
This sounds like more sucky Freeserve behaviour. It's normally quite
possible to resume a connection after a reboot. When I was using the
C&W 50p-all-day offer I would occasionally reboot leaving the modem
online. Clicking on Connnect in either Genesis or "the-other-one"
would simply pick up the connection is a second or so.
> Obviously, some identity checking may need
> to be done at this point. I've not a clue if this is even technically
> possible, but it would be dead handy.
There should be no checking needed, as far as the server is
concerned you never went away, you just stopped sending data for a
minute or two.
> To take the idea further, it'd be great if stuff in-progress, like
> downloads or IRC sessions could be resumed where you left off, but I
> guess that is getting into the realms of fantasy?
That's exactly what should happen, and does with Wirenet.
Neil
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