Logging Into Duke

with Windows 95 TCP/IP

Manual Login:

If you've followed all the steps, you should now have a connection icon in your Dial-Up Networking folder (found under Control Panel). Double-click this and a panel will come up for your name and password. You don't need to enter anything as you will have to enter your login and password in manually anyway.

Click the Connect button, and you'll see Windows 95 dialing. Once it gets connected, a 'terminal' window will pop up, and you'll see the following:

Hint: You may maximize this window for now if necessary
Enter ppp and press enter.
You'll then be prompted for your user ID. Enter your user id, and press enter.

You'll then be prompted for a password. Enter your password, and press enter.

At this point, click the Continue button at the bottom of the terminal window (or press function key F7). The terminal window will disappear. You'll then see the dialing dialog box show 'Validating user'. Shortly thereafter, you should see "Connected at XXXXXX bps." When you see something that looks like this:

Then you know you're in! You can now start any Winsock-compliant programs (16-bit or 32-bit) and access the 'net!

Automated Login:

You can use a Scripting tool if you want to automate your login procedure. Many people use Robodun, an excellent shareware utility. To use Robodun, do the following:
  1. Download Robodun, and install it, following the instructions in the README.TXT file that is included.

    2. I happen to use the dial up scripting tool that comes with Windows 95.
    If you have the Windows 95 CD version, you can install the scripting tool from there.
    1. Go to my computer.
    2. Click on Control Panel.
    3. Select Add\Remove Programs.
    4. Select the Windows Setup Tab.
    5. Select Have Disk.
    6. Select Browse.
    7. Select Browse and go to the appropriate drive letter which coincides with your CD-Rom drive.
    8. Double click (or select) the Admin Folder
    9. Double Click (or select) the Apptools Folder
    10. Double click (or select) the Dscript Folder
    11. Select the rnaplus.inf file
    12. Select OK
    The Dial-Up Scripting tool will then be added.

    If you do not have the CD version of Windows 95 you can download it from Microsoft.

    Thanks to Ethan Hertz for pointing out that I'd failed to tell you how to install the scriting tool

    To access the Dial Up Scripting Tool , Press the Start button
    Select Programs
    Select Accessories
    Select Dial Up Scripting Tool
    You should now see a Window that looks like this

    I think I'll just log in manually
    If you'd prefer to write your own the following is what the script looks like: Open Notepad or a similar ASCII text editor and enter the following:

    ; This is a script file that demonstrates how
    ; to establish a Duke PPP connection
    proc main
    transmit "^M"
    waitfor "[16pCommand=>"
    transmit "ppp"
    transmit "^M"

    waitfor "Username:"
    transmit $USERID
    transmit "^M"

    waitfor "assword:"
    transmit $PASSWORD
    transmit "^M"

    endproc

    If you wish you may substitute the following :

    You may enclose your login name inside quotation marks and substitute it for $USERID. Mine would look like this "bheilman"
    You may enclose your password inside quotation marks and substitute it for $Password. Special Note: If you opt to use this method, remember that anyone who has access to your files could get your password as it is not encrypted in the scp file. The only advantage to this method is that you do nt need to enter either your name or password prior to pressing the connect button.

    Now all you have to do is save the file..
    Click Save As.
    The next steps are VERY IMPORTANT
    In the "Save as type" box, select all files
    in the "File name" box type in C:\Program Files\Accessories\filename.scp. (Replace filename with whatever you wish to call it, of course)
    The file name can be anything you wish to name it. The important thing is the location and the scp extension. Return to the Dial Up Scripting Tool
    Select browse
    Select your newly created Script. (If you saved the script file to a directory other than the one above I hope you remember where you put it).
    Select Apply
    Run the script
    Enter your user password. You will only have to do this once if you decide to select the Save password option

    or not at all if you selected the option described above. Select Connect

    That's it! Now, whenever you double-click your Duke connection icon, you'll see it dial just like described above for a Manual logon. However, the only thing you will have to do is press the connect button or the F7 key when the Terminal window appears .
    In it's place will be the scripting tool, which will enter your id, and your password, then wait until the appropriate time to tell Windows 95 to continue.

    You're Done
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