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More info?)
Glad it works.
Using OE, my posts are Quoted Printable encoded so as long links don't wrap. You must be using Forte Agent?
cheers
john
"Bob" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:4085386f.9169304@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 14:34:54 +0100, "vagabond" <adivvy@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Something like this:
> >
> >a) First create a suitable location (say c:\batch).
> >
> >b) Then create a shortcut to the connection in this location (r-click, =
> >drag, choose create shortcut)
> >create the following batch file
> >
> >@ECHO OFF=20
> >
> >PING localhost -n 20 -w 1000 >NUL=20
> >
> >START RASDIAL.EXE <connection_name> <user_name> <password>
> >
> >:End=20
> >
> >c) Then create a shortcut to this batch file in the startup group.
> >
> >Points to note:
> >
> >1. I have added a 20 second delay to give time for things to start (esp =
> >dsl-modem) but as you're using permanent connection you might want to =
> >remove this.
> >
> >2. It seems to be important to have the shortcut to the dun and the =
> >batch file in the same location.
> >
> >3. Not sure about spaces in the dun shortcut name - if there are any you =
> >could try enclosing in double quotes or renaming it.
> >
> >hth
> >
> >john
> >
>
> Thanks for the heads up. Here's what I found experimenting (using
> <localhost> for the VPN Server address so I could test it locally. You
> may get two VPN Client icons in the tray, but so what).
>
> 1) No need for START. Just run RASDIAL and it will connect.
>
> 2) No need to put a shortcut of the connection in a special folder.
> RASDIAL knows to look in the Network Connections folder where the VPN
> Client Connection is defined.
>
> 3) Your newsreader is inserting extraneous characters at the end of
> the line.
>
>
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