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Date:	Thu, 8 Nov 2001 05:46:01 PDT
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Non IBM Internet Dialers

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Steven,

Thanks. This is great information. I'll post it on my system for future
reference. For right now, however, because my setup works, however, I
will probably not change it soon.

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <3BE9C3F5.62D45C7D@attglobal.net>, on 11/07/01
> at 06:30 PM, Harry Chris Motin said:
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> >exactly what it means: it's an option for using the IBM Internet dialer
> >(the one that came with Warp and whose path name is
> >C:\TCPIP\BIN\DIALER.EXE), or for using some other dialer. Am I right
> >here? If I am wrong in my interpretation, I think the Linkup.exe dialog
>
> You are correct. The IBM button invokes dialer.exe. The Alternate
> button, invokes slippm.exe. Note that slippm.exe is not a dialer. It is
> a front-end to the dialer. You can't see it, but it invokes either
> ppp.exe or slip.exe to make the connection.
>
> >Well, assuming I'm right, how do you configure Linkup.exe to use another
> >dialer, different than the IBM dialer? When I select the "Alternate"
>
> Use your favorite .ini file editor and change the CONNECTION/DEFAULT_APP
> key in \mptn\etc\tcpos2.ini to invoke slippm.exe.
>
> >option another dialog pops up for me to "add" "modify" or "delete" a dial
> >up connection, or for me to dial, using an existing setup there. However,
>
> Right, you are looking at the slippm main dialog.
>
> >it does not seem to work with any dialer. And OK I've gotten around this
>
> This is true unless you change the value of DEFAULT_APP.
>
> >into thinking it's using the IBM dialer. But still, how do you configure
> >Linkup.exe for another dialer?
>
> See above.
>
> >Although I have not tried the AT&T dialer with any other IPS, it looks
> >pretty generic. It allows me to test and/or configure the modem and to
>
> It mostly depends on the what sort of authentication the ISP requires.
> DOIP supports several methods. Injoy does more. The PPP part of the
> connection is pretty much standard.
>
> >that I use their dialer and that it might help. It turns out that they
> >were upgrading their service and the trouble was elsewhere (not in the
> >dialer).
>
> Most of the tech's don't know much about the internals of what they are
> supporting.
>
> >I don't think I can use a batch or REXX file, at least in the way that
> >you suggested, with 2 different versions of Linkup.exe. The problem is
> >that some Warp Internet applications are "hardwired" to Linkup.exe.
> >C:\TCPIP\BIN\FTPPM.EXE is one such program. When you double click on an
>
> That's not quite true. What's hardwired is in the FTP-Modem object. To
> see this, find ftppm.exe in \tcpip\bin and run it. It will not invoke
> linkup.
>
> Steven
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