Re: SLIP Connection and KFLEX modems

["System Support Products, Inc." <sspi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

   Whenever I'm having this type of problem, I take the modem to a PC and
use a comm or winsock program (like Trumpet) to call the ISP.  You can see
if you are connecting, and what kind of messages go back and forth.  If
everything looks right, it's usually something in the AS/400 line
description or the modem init string.  Just a thought.

   You need to specify *DYNAMIC for the local interface address if you get a
different IP address from your POP each time you connect, which is normally
the case with a dial-up connection.  You need to specify *DYNAMIC for the
remote address if the POP's IP address is different each time you call,
which is also usual for the larger ISPs.

  I think I can help you figure out a connection script if you can post a
transcript of your login session.  I have run into one problem I can't
solve, however; Erol's POPs don't return their IP address during login.

   - Lou Forlini
     Software Engineer
     System Support Products, Inc.

At 01:46 PM 7/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Carl:
>
>Thanks so much for your reply.  The frustrating part of this problem is not
even
>knowing the right questions to ask.  I initially did not change my modem, which
>was the 33.6 multitech that comes for the ECS line.  I went out and bought
a V.90
>Hayes modem, but that didn't solve the problem.  I don't think it is a modem
>problem either because I am connecting, but the IBM Support Line people
think it
>is a modem issue.  They don't say why they think it is a modem issue, and I am
>struggling not to say anything nasty.  I am using a connection script.  The ISP
>indicated they went from a single com server to a pool, which makes me
wonder if
>I should change the dial profile to *Dynamic.  This requires a new connection
>script, which I cannot figure out, and once again the support line says
requires
>a consult line contract.

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