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In the bad old days, we would dial out directly from the server to make an Internet connection. Heck, the modem was already there..

Getting all the magic done wasn't always fun.

Later, routers with modem ports came along. With some of these, you could even bond multiple modems to get increased bandwidth. Imagine - a whole two or three 56K connections! Well, that was slick stuff back then..

From: Richard Seeder <aapex@worldnet.att.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
Subject: Re: Need ISP for SCO OpenServer
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:59:21 -0500
Message-ID: <37C16FD9.6D0A0FCB@worldnet.att.net> 
References: <37BFF774.7D02A6D0@aplawrence.com>
<19990822134241.26361.00002760@ng-fz1.aol.com> 

Transpower wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the responses so far.
> I do have PPP setup (and did that years ago), but for the convenience of the
> staff of the client I would like to have the connection software be in
> X-Windows and look like AOL or CompuServe.  I don't really care what the ISP is
> running, although I agree that UNIX experience would be desirable.  I know that
> AT&T Worldnet doesn't work.  Heck, AOL doesn't have a native version of its
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is incorrect.  We have connected through Worldnet all along (since
early 1997).  If you are using MSTPPP the chap authentication requires
you to use "*" as each Worldnet connection has its own name, but
otherwise it works just fine.

> software for Windows NT, let alone for OpenServer; we have to use its Windows
> 3.1 version for NT!  So, again I ask is there anybody out there with connection
> software for OpenServer which, after loading, looks and feels like AOL or
> Compuserve?
> 
> Regards,
> RWS
> transpower@aol.com

Just my two cents, here, as long as I'm at it.  Most ISP service rep's
eyes will glaze over (you can actually hear this over the phone) if you
mention that you are connecting from a Unix machine.  For a little more
money, using a router (Cisco, WebRamp, whatever) with all of the
connection protocols built-in will save you a considerable amount of
aggravation and time, while providing assorted, handy, additional
features.

--

Richard Seeder
aapex@worldnet.att.net

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