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On 28-Mar-96 03:58:39 fugue <fugue@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu> wrote:

>>First, a bit of tech setup info:
>>A1200, 50MHz 68030 w/MMU, 25MHz FPU, 8 fast, 2 chip, 1.2 gig SCSI, 14.4k
>>modem. AmiTCP 4.0 Demo PPP Unregistered (the newest release, whatever
>>version it is...)

>1.45   I checked. :)

Ergh, it's evil, simply refuses to start itself if I want to use 8n1.device.

1.30 works fine, however..

>>Anyway...I used to run AmiTCP over a non-dynamically-assigned SLIP

>>every 3 hours.  I installed PPP, and used one of the many dialer programs
>>out there (I'm at work now and can't recall the name, but it's very nice,
>>with an intuitive GUI and easy scripting...whichever it is, I love it).

>SLIPCall...I checked again. :)

Use IPDial Version 2.0 - I've been using IPDial since version
1.something-early, have tried some of the others, but they don't compare.

Maybe SLIPCall's screwing around with one of your files?

>>Anyhow, for some reason, there are several problems cropping up.
>>1)  in ENV:, my .config file keeps changing back to my old one, even though
>>    it no longer exists in ENVARC:, and none of my scripts touch it.  I have
>>    to hand-edit the thing each time.

>Ok...I got this fixed by reinstalling everything. *sigh*

>>2)  DNS is kaput.  For some reason, the file in db: which is responsible for
>>    assigning DNS names/addresses (again, I'm at work and blanking on the
>>    name) keeps getting reset to default.  I have to overwrite it from
>>    backup to get it to work, and even then DNS sometimes refuses to work.

>It's the resolv.conf.  Something keeps backing it up (resolv.conf.backup),
>but
> every time I start from a warm-boot, my resolv.conf contains no domain
> names, and a nameserver address of 0.0.0.0.

The Config/Installer scripts do that, from memory. Nothing else does.

If you're that unsure, run SnoopDOS...

>  Additionally, when AmiTCP is first started, I'm not logged inm properly.
>I end up having to do it manually, then copy the resolv.conf.backup to 
>resolv.conf, kill AmiTCP and SLIPCall, then restart SLIPCall.  After that,
>everything's kosher.  I just can't figure out what's causing it to do that.

>Any ideas?

Get rid of SLIPCall for a start. It's not that complicated to log in. Get a
dialer that calls the modem pool, waits for your name prompt, enters you name
and password, waits for the PPP negotiation to start and quits. Then you run
StartNet....

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