Options in Server Types Properties

[JP Thornley]

The recent connection problems prompted me to look at my various
connectoids and I discovered a rather random selection of settings,
which I don't understand, and don't know what the best settings are.

In particular I have no real idea about the Advanced options in the
Properties/Server Types Tab (except for "Record a log file ..." - I can
understand that one :-)

Can anyone give advice on what the best settings are.

I am using Win98 SE, Turnpike 5 for mail and news and IE5 for browsing,
so I have one connectoid for Turnpike and a couple for IE (with
different time-outs set). They all use PPP for the Dial-Up Server.

TIA,

Phil Thornley

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[Denis Mcmahon]

JP Thornley <j...@diphi.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Unfortunately I have Win Me, and I think the connectoid boxes are
different.

Generally:

log on to remote network: NOT checked
s/w compression: NOT checked
logfile for connection: Only checked when troubleshooting

Any others - state which options and I'll tell you how I normally set
them up.

Rgds
Denis
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[M Glickman]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:39:54 +0000, Denis Mcmahon
<den...@pickaxe.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>s/w compression: NOT checked

Why not use s/w compression?

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[Paul Terry]

In message <W+9whCA1...@diphi.demon.co.uk>, JP Thornley
<j...@diphi.demon.co.uk> writes

Turnpike makes a good job of getting DUN settings right - it will even
warn about inadvisable settings (although I don't know if that is the
case with the version of TP you are running, which is exceptionally
old).

Anyway, if you follow the template of DUN settings that Turnpike has
made, you won't go far wrong. For a modem connection the only thing that
normally needs to be checked is TCP/IP. Don't check software
compression, as Denis said, and certainly don't attempt to "log onto a
network".
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[Paul Terry]

In message <3c455898....@news.demon.co.uk>, M Glickman
<mgl...@xilcs.demon.co.uk> writes

>On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:39:54 +0000, Denis Mcmahon
><den...@pickaxe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>s/w compression: NOT checked
>
>Why not use s/w compression?

If you use a modem (an important "if") the modem does the compression,
not the software.

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[JP Thornley]

Thanks for those replies - I am now more confident that my settings
should not be the cause of any problems.

Denis - the other settings are "Require encrypted password" and "Require
data encryption" - which I guess I don't need unless I start using this
for something more serious.

Thanks,

Phil

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[Denis Mcmahon]

JP Thornley <j...@diphi.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Thanks for those replies - I am now more confident that my settings
>should not be the cause of any problems.
>
>Denis - the other settings are "Require encrypted password" and "Require
>data encryption" - which I guess I don't need unless I start using this
>for something more serious.

Encrypted password will break the login - it uses CHAP instead of PAP,
and demon only support PAP.

Data encryption over the ppp link is probably not needed unless you're
into something seriously criminal (tptb use special modems for their
encrypted links, not windows data encryption).