Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 11:08:57 +0200 From: Gunter Loos <Gul@ngonet.be> To: John Hart <dashadow@tchnet.tchnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software and Dial-Up Networking Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.19960802090857.00699750@ppp-gw>
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At 13:22 1/08/96 -0400, you wrote: >I have a few questions for those of you out there. We are currently >selling Mosaic in a Box by Spry as our software, but are thinking of >switching over to a new package, because Mosaic doesn't support nearly >1/2 of the features of Netscape, or IE. Just wondering what other people >are using out there, and how much you are getting it for. I am looking >to stay around the $10 / copy area, so our prices can stay as they are. >Does anyone know of any good software or sources for software? I still use Netscape, Eudora and Trumpet Winsock as cheap separate packages. But then again, I'm no commercial isp.. > >Also, I have a lot of users logging in with Dial-up networking, and >currently we have to have them bring up a terminal window after dialing >so they can login manually and then hit F7 to continue. Anyone know how >to change it so they don't have to do that? (I am not sure of the >protocol that Windows uses to verify the user, PAP/CHAP?) How would I go >about doing this, w/o loosing access for our shell users? Well, using mgetty's latest version does the trick; if you don't want to loose this way of connecting, that is. It can differentiate between a normal login (with login:), a fax or even an attempt to use LCP (first thing ppp does). As far as I know, Windows uses PAP. Gul . .__ . |Nationaal Centrum voor OntwikkelingsSamenwerking vzw, NgoNet _| _ [ __ | |Voice Gunter.Loos@+32 2 5392620 Fax +32 2 5391343 (_](/, [_./(_|| |mailto:gul@ngonet.be "You are all weirdos." - Sam the Eagle ----MijnEigenWoordenNietVanIemandAnders - MyOwnExpressionsNotSomeoneElses----
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