Re: [NTLK] Problems with dialup connection

Betty, as you may have seen in a previous post, I got connected.

On Jul 12, 2006, at 8:41 PM, Betty wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> According to the knology website, you don't need to enter the
> server address,

They're wrong on this point. It wouldn't work without it.

> domain name

And this point.

> or a logon script.

Right about this one.

> So, are you sure that your user name and password are correct?
> Sometimes an extra space gets in there and you don't notice.

This happened in the gofetch setup, but not NIE.

> Do you have a computer than can successfully dialup so that you can
> get the information from that? I'm on earthlink and when I first
> set up my dialup, they told me to enter my user name without the
> domain (that would be bettyy for me). That didn't work.

I ended up getting on with just my username, not the extension.

> I notice that the current instructions are to enter the entire
> email address. I happen to know that won't work either. From very
> ancient times, I happen to know that people like me (signed up
> before earthlink bought everyone) we have to preface our username
> with ELN/.
>
> Hope this was helpful.

You bet.

Jim
>
> Betty
> bettyy at earthlink dot net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Felder <felder@knology.net>
>> Sent: Jul 12, 2006 2:04 PM
>> To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
>> Subject: [NTLK] Problems with dialup connection
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