Re: connection question

2000-05-31 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Mon, 29 May 2000 20:16:43 -0500, The Wizard wrote: Ok!!! That did it. Thanks to everyone. I changed the base to Base 0x3E8 and then also clicked on the login script. And it works. Once again, thanks to everyone and their suggestions. jeff Great !!! Welcome to the world of "Windoze-free

Re: connection question

2000-05-30 Thread Bernie
Dale wrote: I think a lot of users (like myself) are not aware of whether their ISP support PAP/CHAP or even what it is, especially a Windows user trying Arachne for the first time. Exactly, since Windows (AFAIK) *always* uses PAP/CHAP there's no point in making it harder for people to

Re: connection question

2000-05-30 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 30 May 00 at 11:16, Bernie wrote: Dale wrote: I think a lot of users (like myself) are not aware of whether their ISP support PAP/CHAP or even what it is, especially a Windows user trying Arachne for the first time. Exactly, since Windows (AFAIK) *always* uses PAP/CHAP there's no point in

RE: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread The Wizard
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: connection question On Sun, 28 May 2000 21:28:04 -0500, The Wizard wrote: Hi, I can connect to my local ISP with the PPP dialer that was setup with the wizard. It connects. Then instead of inputting the username and password that I have saved, I have

RE: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread The Wizard
Thanks for the advice. I don't get any special characters. What I get is this: MINITERM 1.40 - external dialer for PPP/SLIP drivers. (c)1998 xChaos software. * Reading configuration file C:\ARACHNE\ARACHNE.CFG * Initializing modem. Press Esc to abort. ATZ OK * Dialing 111- Press Esc to

RE: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread Roger Turk
Jeff, The phrase, "* Terminal mode. Press Alt+P or F7 to exit and try PPP (SLIP)" is highly misleading. It does *not* mean to exit Arachne, but to *exit* terminal mode and go online. At this point, I, too, was confused, and not wanting to exit Arachne, I waited and waited and got the

Re: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread Bernie
Dale Mentzer wrote: It is a good idea to get everything working manually before setting up for terminal autologin or PAP/CHAP authentication. I don't understand why "we" (the majority of the list) always recomend people to try and login manually - PAP/CHAP is much easier (to set up) so IMHO

RE: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 29 May 00 at 12:27, The Wizard wrote: * Leaving MINITERM and trying SLIP/PPP. Press Ctrl+Pause to abort. Then it waits for a bit and I get an error message: PPP link is down, no driver installed. I take it then that the Dospppd.exe works but the PPP parts does not. I checked the PPP.log and

Re: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 29 May 00 at 22:18, Bernie wrote: I don't understand why "we" (the majority of the list) always recomend people to try and login manually - PAP/CHAP is much easier (to set up) so IMHO that should be used as the first alternative. How many ISPs don't use PAP/CHAP anyway? (except Freeweb that

RE: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread The Wizard
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 6:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: connection question The Wizard wrote: * Leaving MINITERM and trying SLIP/PPP. Press Ctrl+Pause to abort. Then it waits for a bit and I get an error message: PPP link is down, no driver installed. I take

Re: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Mon, 29 May 2000 18:25:32 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: snip If that doesn't fix the problem (which is probably due to a "hole" in the bios comm list) you will have to either: Move your modem to a lower comm # so you have a continuous list (like 1,2,3) OR run a piece of software every

RE: connection question

2000-05-29 Thread Howard Eisenberger
"The Wizard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the advice. I don't get any special characters. What I get is this: MINITERM 1.40 - external dialer for PPP/SLIP drivers. (c)1998 xChaos software. * Reading configuration file C:\ARACHNE\ARACHNE.CFG * Initializing modem. Press Esc to

connection question

2000-05-28 Thread The Wizard
Hi, I can connect to my local ISP with the PPP dialer that was setup with the wizard. It connects. Then instead of inputting the username and password that I have saved, I have a login screen and have to manually login. Then after that I can't do anything, I thought it should go back to the

Re: connection question

2000-05-28 Thread Dale Mentzer
On 28 May 00 at 21:28, The Wizard wrote: I can connect to my local ISP with the PPP dialer that was setup with the wizard. It connects. Then instead of inputting the username and password that I have saved, I have a login screen and have to manually login. Then after that I can't do anything, I