Re: Marinetti and DNS look-up

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <novm4098g3c8qm7c980kcn7nlefb8gicq7@4ax.com>, Jeff Blakeney
<CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On 4 Mar 2004 18:56:00 -0800, andrew.roughan@writeme.com (Roughana)
> wrote:
> 
> >Jeff Blakeney <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca> wrote in message

> That doesn't help much with Windows 98's direct cable connect system
> as I'm pretty sure it is using Microsoft's implementation of CHAP.
> I'm currently setting up Windows 2000 on an older PC and maybe it will
> have better direct cable connect support.  I should be getting a DSL
> router in the near future too so I'll be able to get both this Win98
> machine and the Win2000 on the net at the same time.

Windows 2000 can be a little unfriendly towards non-Microsoft PPP
clients. A work around that has worked for me is described at
http://www.onkelinx.com/agenda/ppp.html

Phil