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 In article <837695942_OASIS_@esteem.demon.co.uk>
  simon@esteem.demon.co.uk (Simon Daw) said:-

> In article <837293880_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>
>  guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk (Guy Harrison) said:-
>
>> In article <837283076_OASIS_@esteem.demon.co.uk>
>>  simon@esteem.demon.co.uk (Simon Daw) said:-
>>
>>>I have exactly the same problem.  I have to try connecting until I get 
>>>one burst of ring tone or else after logging on nothing works 
>>>properly.  Perhaps this is a problem with the NOS software for the 
>>>Atari.  I have an XLink 288E modem that I bought from System 
>>>Solutions.  If I use STiK and I don't get a burst or ring tone then 
>>>everything works OK - this would tend to indicate that it has 
>>>something to do with NOS.
>>
>>This is almost certainly the "ascend" bug. ifconfig sl0 up (Nos 0.42) 
>>will fix it. Try ppp sl0 - that will tell you.
>
>Can you explain this a little bit for me please, Guy.  First of all 
>what is the "ascend" bug.  Secondly what do I do with the ifconfig sl0 
>up line - do I type it interactively when I have connected with no 
>response?  What will ppp sl0 tell me?

I did a Faq on this but sadly I'm unable to access it with my HD 
getting trashed last week - I know I posted it here and other places a 
while back. Hopefully someone will send it or point you to it.

Basically, demon operate two types of modem - USR and Ascends. The 
USR's present no problem. They are the ones (currently) with "finch" 
server names >= 193 - you can see this when Nos dials and logs in with 
suitable settings. "finch" numbers less than 193 represent the 
Ascend's and these give trouble. From what I've managed to find out it 
appears they are a bit slow initialising themselves, so they miss the 
request from Nos to open the communications - the end result is your 
modem is talking to the ascend modem but Nos is not talking to demon's 
software at the other end. Both ends sit there like idiots until the 
demon end gets bored and hangs up the line. The fix is to get Nos to 
issue the request again.

After logon, wait 10 or 15 seconds (to give the ascend time to 
initilise), then manually type "ppp sl0" - you will get a screen full 
of technical info. If one of the lines (I forget it's title - but it's 
near the top left) says "waiting for remote host to attempt open" then 
you need to manually type "ifconfig sl0 up". Your modem SD/RD lights 
will flicker. Do "ppp sl0" again and the text should have been 
replaced by "opened", and you are in business.

Having accomplished this manually, assign "ifconfig sl0 up" to a 
function key, "dial sl0 dial.txt" to another function key and comment 
out / remove the "dial sl0 dial.txt" in STARTUP.NOS.

Next time you log on, Nos will not dial. Hit the "dial" function key 
and it will do so, showing the "finch" server as it connects. If the 
number if less than 193 then hit your "ifconfig" function key about 
ten seconds after logon is complete - otherwise don't bother, as there 
is no need.

Once configured you will find this becomes second nature.

>Sorry for being thick!

Sorry I haven't got the exact details!



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Guy Harrison

guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk