Hello Elliott!
Sunday March 02 1997 17:41, Elliott Goodman wrote to Bob Holiday:
 BH>> I've been using PPPDIAL.CMD v31 with Binkleyterm/2 XR4 to dial
 BH>> into my temporary provider AT&T worldnet, and ftp to a site to
 BH>> download some message files.  Right now I have it setup as a
 BH>> function key exit from Binkleyterm, in order to test this
 BH>> connection before I automate it. Problem I'm having is that
 BH>> PPPDIAL doesn't seem to time out.  Looking over the  REXX code in
 BH>> PPPDIAL, it looks as though it should time out after 1.5 minutes
 BH>> of inactivity.  Does anyone have PPPDIAL timing out properly?  Am
 BH>> I NOT doing something right, or forgetting something?
 EG> If you've got pppdial to connect and be useful, I'd like to know how.
 EG> I managed to get it to dial and connect up, feed my name and password,
 EG> but then when I try to run Netscape/2 or MR/2 Ice from that point,
 EG> MR/2 says, "Pop3 service unavailable" so when I exit that, pppdial
 EG> continues with this:
                            
Here's what I do.  It may help to clearup some problems I have with PPPDIAL 
not timing out.  I copy my "resolve" files to reflect my ISP's domain, then 
copy them back, to reflect my local lan's domain.
I also use "hwait", part of the "hstart" package, so that my mailer software 
will wait til it receives the signal to restart.
The "ppp" line below should all be on one line, with the "say 'PPP" line 
ext.
I hope this helps both you and me.
=== Begin callatt.cmd ===
/* REXX */
call rxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs
'echo > d:\qbbs\flags\forcexit.01'   /* copy semaphor file to flags dir */
call syssleep 5                      /* to drop mailer */
'copy c:\mptn\etc\resolv3 c:\mptn\etc\resolv'
'copy c:\mptn\etc\resolv3 c:\mptn\etc\resolv2'
call syssleep 3
'ppp.exe file c:\connatt.prm com2 57600 rtscts modem defaultroute priority 1 
exit connect "pppdial.cmd c:\pppdlatt.rsp"'
say 'PPP return code' rc
'copy c:\tcpip\dos\etc\resolv c:\mptn\etc\resolv'
'copy c:\tcpip\dos\etc\resolv c:\mptn\etc\resolv2'
'hwait /s:ftpstart'                   /* send signal to bbs to startup */
'exit'
=== End callatt.cmd ===
NEXT ARE THE CONNATT.PRM AND PPPDLATT.RSP FILES:
=== Begin connatt.prm ===
mru 1500
rtscts
modem
defaultroute
priority 1
notify
exit
user "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx"
name "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx"
secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
=== End connatt.prm ===
SOME LINES BELOW HAVE WRAPPED!!
=== Begin pppdlatt.rsp ===
GO
[PPPDIAL_REM] pppdial script response file for connecting to AT&T Worldnet
[PPPDIAL_DO_NOT_USE_DIALER]
[PPPDIAL_PREFIX] ATDT
[PPPDIAL_PHONE] 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_REM] Init modem as appropriate for Worldnet and your brand of modem
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_REM] If the modem you used to do the registration is the same brand
[PPPDIAL_REM] as the one you'll be using regularly then the file 
\WorldNet\dialer\modems2.ini
[PPPDIAL_REM] contains a modem init string that you should consider using 
here.
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_REM] The following init string should be on one line with no 
imbedded blanks.
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_INIT1] ATZ
[PPPDIAL_INIT2] ATB0&H1&I0&K3&M4&N0&R2&S1S0=0
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_REM] Wait 3 seconds between redials
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_DELAY] 3
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_REM] Only retry dialing 500 times
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[PPPDIAL_MAX_REDIAL] 500
[PPPDIAL_REM] This is optional but may be used to start programs that you 
would like
[PPPDIAL_REM] automatically started when your Internet connection is 
established.
[PPPDIAL_REM]
[OS/2] START /B /C /WIN D:\BBS\STARTFTP.CMD
=== End pppdlatt.rsp ===
Bob
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