From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] connecting to ISP with PAP?
From: David Gordon Hogan <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:19:02 -0500
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> This involved applying the PAP patch to PPP and using the script:
> ip/ppp -s $host:$pass -uf -p '#t/eia1' -b115200
> then,
> atdt0,5303333^M

I'm personally getting quite sick of typing "atdt<number>^M", (and
sometimes getting it wrong) and then having to participate in
further handshaking (and sometimes head-scratching) with my
ISP.  Has anyone given any thought as to how this should be
automated?