I'm not sure what you are looking for but if you are communicating with a shell through a port, why not use hyper terminal? Mike Keithley wrote: > > Hello > > At home I use Dial-up networking to connect to Concentric. But at work > I use a shell account and don't have access to a modem. > > My question: Can dial-up networking be configured to just talk to the > unix shel through a serial port to do telnet and initiate a ppp > connection? > > I believe that if I can get this done I'll have access to my mail on > concentric (I'm using Eudora). Unfortunately Concentric has shut off all > it's shell accounts so that traditional telnet isn't possible as there > are no login shells. The login promps are still there and I'll be in if > I can reach them and get PPP going. > > Thanks for any help. > > - > Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 301.949.7599 ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://poehlman.clark.net Dynamic Solutions Inc. Best of service for your small business network needs! http://www.dnsolutions.com ---sig off--- - Visit the jfw ml web page: http://jfw.cjb.net
