[arachne] Re: Ray's Alt-D

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:03:47 -0800, Ray Andrews wrote:                       
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> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:53:42 +100, Bastiaan Edelman wrote:

> Hi Bastiaan,

>> There can be a reason... the packetdriver is used to get acces to the
>> router and from there I have to dial in to the WWW using telnet.
>> Using Alt+D says Arachne is already on line which is not true since the
>> telnet commands should be given first to the router/modem.

> Sure, I have no reason to argue, since I've never tried any of that
> hardware. Whatever works for you is fine with me.

>> When I use connect.bat direct (installed it under Shift+F6) then all is
>> OK but when Alt+D activates the same connect.bat "Arachne is already
>> on line" and nothing happens... the timer resets though.

> So this is no good for you? If so, I guess I should remove that
> message and just let it go. But there could be a problem with that
> since it could cause a double load of lsppp.exe with dialup.
> This might need a bit of thinking.

Well, maybe the best thing is to leave it as it is now.
I can easy connect and disconnect and it seems I am the only one using a
dial in connection and ADSL via this special router/modem.

>> Alt+D => connect.bat
>> connect.bat:
>> telnet.exe @connect.scr (=telnet script to connect the modem)
>> echo online > ppp.log
>> exit

>> Alt+H => hangup.bat
>> hangup.bat:
>> rem connect\termin.com 0x60
>> call discon.bat
>> if exist ppp.log del ppp.log

>> discon.bat:
>> telnet.exe @discon.scr (=telnet script to disconnect)
>> if exist ppp.log del ppp.log
>> exit

> Those look fine, although if you want you can just build 'discon.bat'
> directly into hangup.bat.

It keeps the original structure a bit... and i will not use Alt+D (does
not connect) or Alt+H (does disconnect now) since I have my own special
keys to accomplish these tasks.

Regards, Bastiaan

>> Timer resets on connect and disconnect... perhaps she is counting as
>> Arachne thinks she is still on line?

> It just depends on the timestamp of ppp.log.

>>> However, my core always knows when it's connected, unlike std. core
>>> which, if you move to another copy or Arachne, thinks it's offline untill
>>> you press Alt+D -- even tho that Alt+D doesn't really do anything but
>>> create ppp.log. My core sniffs out the packet driver directly.

>> An installed packet driver does NOT mean Arachne is on line!!

> No? I think in this case it's not just installed, but WATTCP can actualy
> find it within Arachne, so it should be ok.

> Regards,

> Ray Andrews
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