[arachne] Re: CHRISTOPHER CANSAMONE'S VCN LOGIN SCRIPT
- From: ewalt@xxxxxxxx
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:09:32 -0500 (EST)
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Evidently the wizard worked flawlessly at VCN once somebody bothered
to try it. If someone has a hard time with the wizard then there's
probably no hope that a more complicated approach will be sucessful. What
I don't
understand is skipping the wizard and jumping into the deep end without
being able to swim even a little. How is somebody going to cope with
arachne.cfg if the wizard's questions are difficult for them to understand?
Eric S. Emerson said:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>
> Hi Sam E.,
> You are absolutely right. The Wizard
> is the first and best way to go.....if it works. But,
> to us who are familiar with the Wizard, he is an
> old friend of ours, his questions seem simple
> to answer. To some others, not familiar with
> the wizard and his questions, the answers to
> his questions can be hard to answer. And when
> the Wizard doesn't get a connection then things
> aren't so simple and getting connected can
> require much work. Unfortunately, there is no
> universal connection method used by all ISP's.
> And the hardest question to answer, or get an
> answer to, is what method does any specific
> ISP use and what specific options does the ISP
> utilize. I have found that the help person one gets
> on the phone at his ISP often can't answer these
> questions and/or doesn't want to be bothered with
> them. The miracle here, with Brian, is that he
> found a person at VCN who really wanted to help
> him and was smart enough to provide information
> in such a way that Brian could use it to get connected.
> I think Christopher Cansamone at VCN should get
> "Helper of the Year" awartd.
>
> Eric
>
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:19:42 -0500 (EST) ewalt@xxxxxxxx writes:
>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>>
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> The interesting thing to me about this login to VCN is that it was
>> accomplished with a fresh install and by using the Arachne
>> installation
>> wizard.
>>
>> In most cases the Arachne installation wizard will create an
>> effective
>> login for you without the need to futz around with Arachne.cfg by
>> trial and error. Trial and error is seldom as effective as the
>> wizard
>> and can lead to much confusion.
>>
>> In order to use the wizard all you need to know is the telephone
>> number
>> of the ISP, a working DNS number to enter when prompted, and your
>> username
>> and password. Rarely there is a problem with an "Init string" for
>> the
>> modem. Most often you can just use "ATZ" or "AT&F0" and that
>> information
>> is noted in the wizard.
>>
>> Manual logins are usually not required and as the wizard notes "This
>> option
>> is disabled by default, because some 90% of ISP's use PAP or CHAP
>> authentication these days." In other words you don't have to create
>> a
>> "script" to authenticate yourself during login. The authentication
>> will
>> happen "automagically" as we like to say around here.
>>
>> Before delving into the workings of Arachne.cfg I urge anyone who is
>> having problems to try a *fresh*install and the wizard. Do not
>> import
>> anything from another version. Just start from scratch and let the
>> wizard
>> do the work.
>>
>> The proof of the effectiveness of this method is that it was used by
>> the tech support person at VCN to login without even looking at the
>> Arachne.cfg.
>>
>> It's the method I've always used and it works.
>>
>> Of course many people prefer to muck around manually. That can work
>> for the Arachne expert and the knowledgeable minority, but it's a
>> tough
>> way to go for the Arachne novice.
>>
>> I'm glad you were able to get connected at VCN. Happy surfing!
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian C. Murphy said:
>> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>> >
>> > Further to a recent request from members of the Arachne list,
>> below please
>> > find a copy of Christopher Chansamone's directions for logging in
>> to the
>> > Vancouver Community Net (VCN) as an ISP with Arachne version 1.90
>> >
>> > Hopefully this cut and pasted upload will be devoid of any missing
>> > characters.
>> >
>> > Brian Murphy
>> > BCMURPHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>>
> =========================================================================
> Subject:
>> > [vcn.bc.ca #70128] (help) Please help, the user has connection
>> > problem
>> > Date: 21-Nov-06 at 15:05
>> > From: Christopher Chanhsamone via RT, INTERNET:helpcn.bc.ca
>> > TO: BCMURPHY
>> >
>> > Hi Brian Murphy,
>> > Sorry for taking so long to reply. I got a chance to test out
>> Arachne
>> > myself.
>> > I used the PPP wizard and I pasted the arachne.cfg it created for
>> me
>> > below.
>> > I
>> > recommend deleting Arachne and then reinstalling it so you have
>> new
>> > configuration files.
>> >
>> > Using the PPP wizard, I entered the modem's gstring, selected dial
>> tone,
>> > enterted VCN's phone number (604-638-0189), entered my username
>> and
>> > password,
>> > selected dynamically assign IP, and entered VCN's nameserver as
>> > 207.102.64.23
>> > and 207.102.64.3.
>> >
>> > I don't recommend copy and pasting the configuration directly
>> because of
>> > the
>> > modem specific settings.
>> >
>> > ;This is ARACHNE.CFG for Arachne version 1.6+
>> > ;If you want to use Arachne on PC with CPU 486+ you should start
>> here.
>> > ;(tested on AMD K5/133). You should have really fast video card
>> for this.
>> > ;This configuration file can be completely controled from Arachne
>> >
>> > [profile]
>> > Profile FASTPC.ACF
>> > Connection pppd.exe>>PPP.LOG
>> > Hangup ermin.com 0x60>NUL
>> >
>> > ;Connection md ... command cmd will estabilish connection
>> > ;Connection READY ... connection is permanent, packet driver in
>> > AUTOEXEC...
>> > ;Connection NUL ... do not start TCP/IP (run "arachne -c" to
>> force
>> > this)
>> >
>> > [dialer]
>> > DialPage file:ppp_init.htm
>> > Dialer INITERM.EXE>PPP.LOG
>> > TerminalWindow INITERM.EXE
>> > UseTerminal No
>> > Port
>> > Irq
>> > Base
>> > Mode 8N1
>> > Speed 115200
>> > InitString ATZ
>> > DialString ATDT
>> > PhoneNumber 6046380189
>> > Autologin No
>> > WaitFor1 name:
>> > Response1 \u
>> > WaitFor2 sword:
>> > Response2 \p
>> > WaitFor3 >
>> > Response3 ppp
>> > PPPusername xxxxx
>> > PPPpassword xxxxx
>> >
>> > ;Port values: 0=non-standard serial (COM) port, 1-4 standard ports
>> > ;Base values: 0x??? (eg. 0x3e8) - Base and Irq are used for "Port
>> 0"
>> > ;Mode values: databits/parity/stopbits (eg. 8N1)
>> >
>> > [tcp/ip]
>> > IP_Address PPP
>> > IP_Grab IP address set to
>> > NameServer 207.102.64.23
>> > AltNameServer 207.102.64.3
>> > Gateway 0.0.0.0
>> > AltGateway 0.0.0.0
>> > Netmask 0.0.0.0
>> > TCPconfig PPPTCP.CFG
>> >
>> >
>> > VCN Help Desk
>> > 411 Dunsmuir Street, 2nd Floor, Vancouver BC, Canada
>> > Open Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM
>> >
>> > email: helpcn.bc.ca
>> > voice: 604 257 3811 fax: 604 257 3808
>> >
>> > =========================================
>> > VCN2111.EMI
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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