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Started by Warren Ward
Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:00
Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Warren Ward
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 00:00
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I like to make connection to Demon using Windows 95 Dial Up Networking so that I can use any browser or other program requiring a connection. Setting up DUN is a little bit laborious so I have been looking for a simpler way. Microsoft have available on their web site http://www.microsoft.com an upgrade provided for the purpose of adding ISDN connection facility to DUN. This file - msisdn11.exe -greatly improves DUN, even if you do not have ISDN. It allows quicker connection, faster speeds by my reckoning, gives more information about the connection progress, and no dial up script or terminal window is required to connect to Demon. If you are already using a script just right mouse click on the Demon icon in DUN (in My computer), select Properties, then Scripting and delete the name of the script file leaving the space blank. Also using the isdn file you get a cute pair of winking computers in the corner of the screen instead of the blinking modem. It is only necessary to put the file in any temporary directory on your hard drive and double click it and it installs itself. As well as downloading from Microsoft, the file msisdn11.exe is also available from ftp://ftp.trentu.ca/Windows95/UPDATES/msisdn11.exe I would be interested in any feedback on this. It does not seem to be well known. Happy connecting, Warren Ward, http://www.designpages.com warren@artpages.demon.co.uk
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Hairy One Kenobi
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:00
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On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 05:23:18 +0100, Warren Ward <warren@artpages.demon.co.uk> wrote: >Also using the isdn file you get a cute pair of winking computers in the >corner of the screen instead of the blinking modem. This is the version of DUN included in OSR2.1. It has already been replaced :-) After 6 attempts, you'd have thought that they would have got it right.. Incidentally, the "winking computers" give you less information than before, as they only appear *after* a connection has been made. You have to use a telephone handset or guesswork to see if teh othr modem's died during connection .. Hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk Note: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily represent the opinions of the opinionated person expressing the opinion. Or something.
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Dave Mills
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:00
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Loaded that but it say's it is for WN95 on the install menu. With that URL I thought it was for NT. Does it work with NT 4. >An excellent suggestion, but DUN 1.2 is now available direct from Microsoft >at: > >http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/info/exes/msdun12.exe -- Dave Mills MCSE Home: Davemills@ravesw.demon.co.uk Reading, Berks England
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Alan English
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 00:00
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On Sat, 26 Jul 1997 11:58:49 GMT, pl.see@signature(Mitch) wrote: >1) What does it do that the ISDN version installed by running >msisdn11.exe doesn't? It is a later version, probably with some unadvertised bug fixes. >2) Will I screw my system up by installing over the ISDN? No, I have just done exactly that. Alan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan English Birmingham, England Windows 95 Utilites http://www.netmail.demon.co.uk/utilities.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Tom Bird
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:00
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Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article <33d9c577.2722542@news.demon.co.uk>... > On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 05:23:18 +0100, Warren Ward > <warren@artpages.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >Also using the isdn file you get a cute pair of winking computers in the > >corner of the screen instead of the blinking modem. > > This is the version of DUN included in OSR2.1. It has already been > replaced :-) > > After 6 attempts, you'd have thought that they would have got it > right.. > > Incidentally, the "winking computers" give you less information than > before, as they only appear *after* a connection has been made. You > have to use a telephone handset or guesswork to see if teh othr > modem's died during connection .. > Very strange... My modem's got a speaker and the Rockwell chipset which doesn't cut the speaker until a second before the CD light comes on. > Hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk > > Note: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily > represent the opinions of the opinionated person expressing the > opinion. Or something. > Talk about cross-posting. -- Tom Bird Don't feel annoyed when the internet doesn't work, it's a miracle that it works at all. I do not flash my email address around - then I can flame without being mailbombed! :-) sales@msn.com - that's for restricting access to the Startrek.com site to MSN members.
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Hairy One Kenobi
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 00:00
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On Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:35:13 GMT, "Tom Bird" <tombird@internet> wrote: >Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article ><33d9c577.2722542@news.demon.co.uk>... >> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 05:23:18 +0100, Warren Ward >> <warren@artpages.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >Also using the isdn file you get a cute pair of winking computers in the >> >corner of the screen instead of the blinking modem. <snip> >Very strange... My modem's got a speaker and the Rockwell chipset which >doesn't cut the speaker until a second before the CD light comes on. Not sure about the ref to a CD light, but on my version (OSR 2.1), the little pair of computers in the system tray don't actually appear until the "Logging on to network" window scoots off of the screen. In W95 retail, the modem object appears immediately. I have been left several times with a dying connection on negotiation, with no information about what is going on. FYI, it's a standard IBM OEM fit AT&T 33k6 modem, with a Rockwell chipset. And that's quite enough TLAs for now! Hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk Note: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily represent the opinions of the opinionated person expressing the opinion. Or something.
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Gary Jones
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 09:43:47 GMT, Alan English (jul97d@netmail.demon.co.uk (Alan English)) wrote: >On Sat, 26 Jul 1997 11:58:49 GMT, pl.see@signature(Mitch) wrote: > >>1) What does it do that the ISDN version installed by running >>msisdn11.exe doesn't? > >It is a later version, probably with some unadvertised bug fixes. And software development being what it is, unadvertised bugs too *sigh*
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Tom Bird
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00
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Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article <33e3ba28.451793@news.demon.co.uk>... > On Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:35:13 GMT, "Tom Bird" <tombird@internet> wrote: > >Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article > ><33d9c577.2722542@news.demon.co.uk>... > >> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 05:23:18 +0100, Warren Ward > >> <warren@artpages.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> >Also using the isdn file you get a cute pair of winking computers in the > >> >corner of the screen instead of the blinking modem. > <snip> > >Very strange... My modem's got a speaker and the Rockwell chipset which > >doesn't cut the speaker until a second before the CD light comes on. > > Not sure about the ref to a CD light, but on my version (OSR 2.1), the Stands for Carrier Detect external modems only. I've also got OSR 2.1 and it saved about half my hard drive with FAT32 but I preferred the flashing modem (it responded better and you got a better picture when you double click it). > little pair of computers in the system tray don't actually appear > until the "Logging on to network" window scoots off of the screen. In > W95 retail, the modem object appears immediately. I have been left > several times with a dying connection on negotiation, with no > information about what is going on. FYI, it's a standard IBM OEM fit > AT&T 33k6 modem, with a Rockwell chipset. And that's quite enough TLAs > for now! Bet it takes ages to get rid of the "logging on" box? -- Tom Bird
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Dean Gatley
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 00:00
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In article <33e3ba28.451793@news.demon.co.uk>, Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> writes >On Fri, 01 Aug 1997 18:35:13 GMT, "Tom Bird" <tombird@internet> wrote: >>Hairy One Kenobi <hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk> wrote in article >> I have been left >several times with a dying connection on negotiation, with no >information about what is going on. FYI, it's a standard IBM OEM fit >AT&T 33k6 modem, with a Rockwell chipset. And that's quite enough TLAs >for now! > > >Hairy@advsystems.demon.co.uk > Hello john Try net.magic..it will give you loads of info about your connection status, great for fault diagnosis..see http://www.vitalsigns.com/ hope this helps.. -- <Deano> As someone once said " youre born ... life's a s**t... then you die" Cant think why i still talk to this guy :>)
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: James R Grinter
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:00
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Dean Gatley <deano@mechwarrior.demon.co.uk> writes: > Try net.magic..it will give you loads of info about your connection status, > great for fault diagnosis..see http://www.vitalsigns.com/ really? I mean, it doesn't actually seem to diagnose anything correctly. Which is not really surprising as you can't do that on anything but the most simple network without some underlying knowledge of the network topology and monitoring at multiple points. In short, forget Net.Medic - it's useless. [followups set to demon.ip.support.win95, as it's only available for that platform.] James.
Re: Dial Up Networking connection to Demon - an easier way without a script!
Author: Yank yank
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 00:00
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"Nick Alaway" <nick@^vspl.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I have never, however had any reason to believe that speed is improved by >it though... >Anyone else have any firm beliefs about a speed increase? >Nick YES I DID, REDUCED PING ON QUAKE ps You can use TCP/IP without using client for microsoft networks, this speeds things up as well panero@grim.demon.co.uk .
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