Re: Connect via TCP/IP starts dialer

rono_at_fl.envworld.com wrote:

>Just poking in the dark.....
>
>Can you ping the server? Open an MS-DOS emulator window and type:
>PING 1.123.123.99. If that starts up your dialer, it might be a problem with
>your subnet mask. Go to TCP configuration, select subnet mask and set to
>1.255.255.255 This will cause all IP addresses with a 1 as the first node to
>route to your local subnet (go out on the LAN), otherwise it will attempt to
>find a gateway, which I suspect is your dial-up networking.
>
>Hope it helps.
>
>-- Ron Olcott, President
>-- Interlude Enterprises
>-- interld808_at_aol.com
>

You were correct in one respect - I had forgotten to change the subnet mask. Sadly, however it doesn't make a bean of difference. I suppose the nearest I'll get to Utopia is Billy Verreynne's suggestion:

>
>To prevent this is very simple. Go to Control Panel, click on the Internet
>Explorer applet. The IE Setup window will be displayed. Click on the
>CONNECTION tab - the first option I think is "connect to the Internet as
>needed". Disable it.
>

It is however the direct opposite of what I wanted in the now when I want to do some surf ing, I have to start the dialer by hand. 8-(

--
Paul Smith
Technical Manager, SDR Systems Ltd
Please change Compuserve.comz to Compuserve.com to respond via Email Received on Wed May 20 1998 - 08:39:48 CDT