Re: [ProgSoc] Internet Access from Home with Windows 98

[James Wan <jwan@nospam.sandpit.law.uts.edu.au>]

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Harold Andrew Burchey wrote:

> I tried to dial into SOCS from home and access the internet with ppp
> through the pig-pen. I connect and can actually use the internet for a few
> seconds and then it just disconnects. Why? What am I doing wrong?

You may have callwaiting still on your phone, which will cause your phone
to disconnect if someone rings in.
OR, your are just dropping carrier, because your modem is faulty.

> I had a read through TFM and it said we had a program called slirp
> installed on ftoomsh which should allow me to use the internet to some
> degree. Where is it located?

SLIRP is a PPP emulator.

> By the way, are the socs & itd modems 56k or 28.8?

28.8K


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