Hi folks,
Does anybody have any experience of using a Compuserve account with a linux
host? Compuserve use a proprietary type of PPP called CISPPP and all
attempts to connect using conventional PPP end in premature disconnect due
to LCP problems and parity errors. Calling the compuserve tac was not very
fruitful since none of the compuserve engineers had heard of linux!!
One informed compuserve person advised that the following script has
something to do with this however he couldn't expand on that and im not
quite sure how I can use this script.
;
; This is a script file that demonstrates how
; to establish a PPP connection with Compuserve,
; which requires changing the port settings to
; log in.
;
; Main entry point to script
;
proc main
; Set the port settings so we can wait for
; non-gibberish text.
set port databits 7
set port parity even
transmit "^M"
waitfor "Host Name:"
transmit "CIS^M"
waitfor "User ID:"
transmit $USERID, raw
transmit "/go:pppconnect^M"
waitfor "Password: "
transmit $PASSWORD, raw
transmit "^M"
waitfor "One moment please..."
; Set the port settings back to allow successful
; negotiation.
set port databits 8
set port parity none
endproc
