Thanks to all who answered my question. Talked to my ISP and they stopped
supporting "shell" 6 months ago. It was a nice try, anyway!
73,
Bill, K0MP
George Fremin III - K5TR wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 04:29:54PM +0000, Bill Leahy wrote:
> >
> > After dialing to the IP using the "atdt" command in the packet window,
> > all goes well until after my "id" and password are entered. The
> > following then comes up.
> >
> > Entering PPP Mode.
> > Dialer Interface mode address is unnumbered (Loopback0)
> > Your IP address is (gives IP address) MTU is 1500 bytes
> > Header compression will match your system
> >
> > It trys to match several times displaying gibberish and disconnects.
> > Tried turning off the header compression in the Windoze dialer.
> > I am connecting at 2400 and have tried using the Eight bit packet port
> > = True.
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> You dont have a "shell" account - you have a PPP account.
>
> Most ISPs do not offer shell accounts these days.
>
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>
> George Fremin III
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> K5TR (ex.WB5VZL) -- Dave Leeson W6NL
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