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#Help with PPP on CIS

    19-Apr-95 09:02:21
Fm: Jim Maddox 74667,2175
To: Paul Idol 76375,1776
>> Have you tried pinging? No, I had not…but I just tried "ping compuserve.com," and here's what I got: PING compuserve.com (198.4.6.2): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=707 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=771 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=250 time=739 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=250 time=698 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=250 time=665 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=5 ttl=250 time=692 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=6 ttl=250 time=693 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=7 ttl=250 time=803 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=8 ttl=250 time=846 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=9 ttl=250 time=856 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=10 ttl=250 time=710 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=11 ttl=250 time=668 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=12 ttl=250 time=674 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=13 ttl=250 time=653 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=14 ttl=250 time=671 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=15 ttl=250 time=660 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=16 ttl=250 time=656 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=17 ttl=250 time=673 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=18 ttl=250 time=680 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=19 ttl=250 time=793 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=20 ttl=250 time=653 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=21 ttl=250 time=664 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=22 ttl=250 time=684 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=23 ttl=250 time=684 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=24 ttl=250 time=680 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=25 ttl=250 time=660 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=26 ttl=250 time=733 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=27 ttl=250 time=713 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=28 ttl=250 time=665 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=29 ttl=250 time=654 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=30 ttl=250 time=654 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=31 ttl=250 time=675 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=32 ttl=250 time=746 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=33 ttl=250 time=688 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=34 ttl=250 time=1214 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=35 ttl=250 time=650 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=36 ttl=250 time=691 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=37 ttl=250 time=657 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=38 ttl=250 time=656 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=39 ttl=250 time=651 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=40 ttl=250 time=707 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=41 ttl=250 time=686 ms 64 bytes from 198.4.6.2: icmp_seq=42 ttl=250 time=669 ms — compuserve.com ping statistics — 44 packets transmitted, 43 packets received, 2% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 650/707/1214 ms So I guess it worked (whatever it does ;). I tried it with iam.com, but nothing happened. I still can't seem to _do_ anything, though. :l – Jim, on AP!