John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mark Phillips wrote: > > This morning I typed "pon" to dial up a ppp connection, only to hear > > noise on my modem to idicate that the line was already in use. I > > quickly typed "poff", but it was too late --- I had already killed my > > father's connection to the internet. He was not pleased as I had > > killed his connection near the end of an 8M download. > > Brian Servis writes: > > I think the best way is to get a 'line in use indicator' box that plugs > > into the phone line. > > or better yet, fix pon so it won't do this. I'll look into it.
You might want to look into the 'connect' program from 'http://www.caesium.fr/freeware/connect/'. It tracks multiple connect attempts so none trample over each other. I have been using it for several months now. -- Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]