AFAIK 5.0Ap1 never gave an unsolicited prompt. It was a bug fixed in p4 or p5. > > If you set it to zero, all logins will be terminal logins - there will be > no direct PPP logins. > > If you set it very low (<5 or <10), your users have a chance of missing the > window of opportunity to start a PPP connection. Keep in mind that the > typical PPP implementation will wait 3 seconds between each attempt to > open the connection (LCP Configure-Request), but your terminal login users > will not have to wait very long for the prompt. > Hmm, recognizing ppp after the login prompt was introduced some time ago. At least it works with 5.0Ap13. > By the way, you mention that your terminal adapter users use terminal > logins. I assume yo mean ISDN terminal adapters, in which case this is > a Bad Thing. That means they probably use V.120 (the only way to do > anything terminal-like over ISDN) instead of PPP and it costs > performance. Well, he _could_ use use "X.75". But I would not want to judge which is worse :-) -- Manfred Kwiatkowski, ZRZ (Zentraleinrichtung Rechenzentrum), Sekr.: EN 50, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Einsteinufer 17, D-10587 Berlin, GERMANY. INTERNET: kwiatkowski@zrz.TU-Berlin.DE phone: +49 30 314 24355 X.400: s=kwiatkowski ou=zrz p=tu-berlin a=d400 c=de fax: +49 30 314 21060 ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10199.html">Re: (ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Andre Beck <beck@ibh-dd.de></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10124.html">Re: (ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Phillip Vandry <vandry@Mlink.NET></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10121.html">Re: (ASCEND) mrtg and p50's</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10119.html">(ASCEND) Any Word on 5.1A for the max 40xx's?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10069.html">Re: (ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10124.html">Re: (ASCEND) Have to hit a key for prompt in terminal window?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail4.html#10120"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd216.html#10120"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>