CompuServe Thread

#PPP 1.30

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#192600From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPApr 15, 1995 9:48 AM
Do you have AmiTCP set up with the PPP 1.30 software right now? If so, you can write a new dialup script for your "online" command and have it go to the CompuServe PPP service by sending the "GO PPPCONNECT" command. My script looks something like this: TIMEOUT 1500 REDIAL "BUSY" SEND "[YOUR ATDT STRING GOES HERE]" WAIT "CONNECT" SEND "" WAIT "e:" SEND "CIS" WAIT "D:" SEND "[YOUR UID GOES HERE]/GO:PPP89" WAIT "ord:" SEND "[YOUR PASSWORD GOES HERE]" WAIT "please…" DELAY 50 Fill in your modem's dial string, your CIS UID and password. If you have everything else set up for PPP, you probably know how to do the rest. If you don't, please ask. Steve
#192635From: Jonathan BlackwellApr 15, 1995 1:19 PM
Or replace the serial.device with dialer.device… It seems to be a cleaner solution. -Jonathan MAC Quadra/486PC compatible courtesy Amiga, Emplant and BB. Emplant beta tester. Running AP v1.80. E-mail: JonathanB@delrina.com http://www.delrina.com
#192721From: Rick GreenApr 16, 1995 1:46 AM
Hey, Steve, I tried your script. It works fine and all, but it connects with 8-n-1 and I get garbage if it doesn't connect at 7-e-1. Do you know any way around this with the ppp dialer? BTW, cruising the WWW with AMosaic on Compuserve PPP is EXCELENT!! We are Clinton of Borg. Prepare your money for assimilation. Rick Green Via AP1.80
#192756From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPApr 16, 1995 12:39 PM
I get garbage at the beginning too, but after the UID is entered, the PASSWORD prompt and everything else comes out right.
#193067From: Rick GreenApr 17, 1995 9:33 PM
Unfortunately, my password prompt does not come out ok after the UID is entered :^( I then get a timeout error. I do have an idea, though: change the serial preferences in WB to 7E1. I am going to try that tonight. That came to me an hour after I wrote you that message. Now on the Internet with Compuserve and PPP Rick Green Via AP1.80
#193155From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPApr 18, 1995 5:39 AM
The script I run doesn't call 'login', so the password isn't required. Have you tried looking at PPPHLP.LHA? You have to run at 8n1, not 7e1.
#193282From: Rick GreenApr 18, 1995 9:23 PM
I am downloading PPPHLP.LHA tonight. Thanks. Now on the Internet with Compuserve and PPP Rick Green Via AP1.80
#192731From: Leonard AbbeyApr 16, 1995 5:04 AM
Steve, I need some help accessing the Internet via Compuserve. I have setup AmiTCP, and ppp.device and a DIALSCRIPT based on the one you posted to Rick. However try as I might for the last few days I cannot get a completed connection to Compuserve let alone into Internet. The dialer script dials, answeres and I get garbage in response to the WAITS ans SENDS. It appears the first character is OK but I cant be sure. Even if I solve this problem there seems to be no step by step documentation on the path to follow to get to the internet. What do I start when/where why? Is there a way to use AutoPilot? At present it is the only way I can logon to Compuserve. Somthing is wrong down here. I can't even logon on with TEM at present to work out the scipt to create! Help Help Help. Regards Leonard
#192757From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPApr 16, 1995 12:39 PM
I just uploaded PPPHLP.LHA. Download that for more help.
#192854From: Leonard AbbeyApr 16, 1995 10:34 PM
Steve, thanks for the upload, however you will see from another message of mine, I am still no better off. I can't get past the ppp.device logon script. All I get back is garbage to my SEND's. The first letter seems correct but everything else is rubbish. I have seen occasionally par tof the 'you have left basic sevices' message but its surounded with trash. I then get a few more lines of trash and a TIMEOUT. I am not haveing a good time of this at all! Regards Leonard
#192984From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPApr 17, 1995 5:29 PM
Hmmm… Try logging in "by hand" and see what the messages are. Write down everything you see, and what you're typing in. Use that to create a new script. One of the last things I see here is "One moment please…", at which point I have the script WAIT 50, and then exit. The online script takes it from there. If I'm logged in and do all the things "by hand" that the script does, I eventually see something about a port and then just repeated ASCII "garbage". That "garbage" is the CIS host trying to sync up with your PPP software. Steve
#193147From: Leonard AbbeyApr 18, 1995 4:34 AM
Steve, thanks for the response. As you may have seen, I solved the problem by adding *AP to the end of my userid! I don't know why but it works! I also believe that it has something to do with a 7bit connection rather than an 8, but I didn't seem to be able to change this using preferences? My "by hand" attempts to logon got me no where. Anyway Its working now so I am happy, even if I don't yet understand why its working. Thanks again. Regards Leonard
#193068From: Rick GreenApr 17, 1995 9:33 PM
Leonard, I haven't tried it yet (I will tonight), but my problem is connecting with 8N1 when Compuserve needs 7E1. Try changing the Serial parameters in Preferences to 7E1 and see if that helps. Again, I haven't tried it yet, but I hope it works. Other than that, I can get on by going online manually with a terminal program and quiting it after logging on to Compuserve. Now on the Internet with Compuserve and PPP Rick Green Via AP1.80
#193148From: Leonard AbbeyApr 18, 1995 4:34 AM
Rick, you will see from some of my other messages that I have solved my problem. And yes I believe that the root caiuse of my problem is the 8N1 not 7E1 ans required. However I found that adding *AP to the end of my userid fixed it for me. I couldn't get it to work even after changing preferences. Regards Leonard
#193281From: Rick GreenApr 18, 1995 9:22 PM
Yes, I read your other messages about the *AP after I posted my message. I will try the *AP and see if it helps me. It seems kinda strange, though, but what doesn't? Now on the Internet with Compuserve and PPP Rick Green Via AP1.80