[plug] Connecting to Cowan modem pool

[John Summerfield]

My daughters are students at ECU, and for some things they need to connect
to Cowan's internet service: mine just ins't good enough.

After digging through the "how to connect from winders 95" stuff two or
three times I finally manged to find the critical info before going to
sleep.
                 #  When the Modem Pool login prompt appears; enter your information. 
                    (If you do not see anything at this stage press the
                    <Enter> key once or twice. Also, resize the window
                    if it is too small to see the messages and the
                    prompts):
                             Modem Pool Username:   type your login ID
                    then press <Enter>
                             Modem Pool Password:   type your password
                    then press <Enter>
                 #  When your password has been accepted (your IP address will be


Well that seems clear enough: I wait for Username: and send off whichever
daughter's userid. Possibly I'll have to send a carriage return or two.
Here is one of several transcripts:
Mar 18 16:44:02 emu pppd[28424]: pppd 2.3.5 started by rachel, uid 502
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: abort on (\nBUSY\r)
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: abort on (\nNO ANSWER\r)
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: abort on (\nNO CARRIER\r)
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: abort on (\nNO DIALTONE\r)
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: abort on (\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r)
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: send (atz^M)
Mar 18 16:44:03 emu chat[28454]: expect (OK)
Mar 18 16:44:04 emu chat[28454]: atz^M^M
Mar 18 16:44:04 emu chat[28454]: OK
Mar 18 16:44:04 emu chat[28454]:  -- got it 
Mar 18 16:44:04 emu chat[28454]: send (ATM0L0S0=0&C1&D1^M)
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: expect (OK)
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: ^M
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: ATM0L0S0=0&C1&D1^M^M
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: OK
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]:  -- got it 
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: send (ATDT94226144^M)
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: expect (CONNECT)
Mar 18 16:44:05 emu chat[28454]: ^M
Mar 18 16:44:26 emu chat[28454]: ATDT94226144^M^M
Mar 18 16:44:26 emu chat[28454]: CARRIER 33600^M
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: ^M
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: PROTOCOL: LAP-M^M
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: ^M
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: COMPRESSION: V.42BIS^M
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: ^M
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: CONNECT
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]:  -- got it 
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: send (^M)
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]: expect (name:)
Mar 18 16:44:27 emu chat[28454]:  115200^M
Mar 18 16:44:28 emu chat[28454]: ^M
Mar 18 16:44:28 emu last message repeated 2 times
Mar 18 16:44:28 emu chat[28454]: Annex Command Line Interpreter   *   Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 Bay Networks^M
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28454]: alarm
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28454]: Failed
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28455]: timeout set to 3 seconds
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28455]: send (ATH0^M)
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28455]: expect (OK)
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28455]: ATH0^M
Mar 18 16:45:12 emu chat[28455]: CLI: Command not found.^M
Mar 18 16:45:15 emu chat[28455]: alarm
Mar 18 16:45:15 emu chat[28455]: Failed
Mar 18 16:45:15 emu pppd[28424]: Connect script failed
Mar 18 16:45:16 emu pppd[28424]: Exit.


It seems clear to me: the instructions say I should receive the string
"name:" - I search for it but instead get the "Annex Command Line
Interpreter" line. I have tried sending one or two CRs in response to this
line to no avail.


We've tried phoning the helpdesk: after they left us on hold for 30-40
minutes, we're not keen to try again. Rachel asked at the Mt Lawley campus
and was told "get KDE coz its really easy."

The recorded message we got when placed on hold suggested email: we tried
that and a week w/o reply has passed.

Does anyone here really know how to do it?


-- 
Cheers
John Summerfield
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