In a message to John Thompson, Bob Wright wrote re: OS/2 friendly ISP

BW> However, the IBM dialler is not in fact required to successfully connect
to
BW> ibm.net.  I use both DOIP and Injoy (as well as the newer IBM dialler).  
All
BW> that was required was to put the complete "service/account type/user id"
into
BW> the User ID field (e.g. internet.cainet.rtwrigh).

That's true, and in fact it's what I have my linux machine do 
when it connects to ibm.net/attglobal.net.  But you do lose a 
couple features; eg, the encrypted authentication for ppp 
sessions, automatic checking for phone number list/dialer
updates,  the very versatile "autostart" options, etc.  The 
Advantis OS/2 dialer isn't perfect, but it is still a pretty nice
dialer IMHO.


 * KWQ/2 1.2i * Internet: John.Thompson@attglobal.net


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