Dave Reed wrote:
> I sent Jerry a personal e-mail earlier this morning asking about it.
>
> I just called worldspy's tech support and asked about Linux and he
> said "you could try it, but they don't support it". I then asked if
> they used pap authentication and the support guy had no idea what I
> was talking about. I had tried it briefly this morning before going
> to work and got the connect, but immediately pppd died (I'm assuming
> because of the username/password authentication). I don't know
> whether that's because they don't use PAP or whether my account that I
> had just signed up for 30 minutes earlier hadn't been activated yet.
>
> Like Johnio, if anyone has any success with using worldspy.net with
> Linux, please let us know what you did.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:13:07 -0700
> > From: Johnnio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Hi Jerry
> >
> > I've been using Freei.net [with a banner] and am very interested
> > in the
> >
> > worldspy.net 'bannerless' dialup service.
> >
> > Could you please tell us what you had to do to setup
> > your linux box to access worldspy.net ?
> >
> > Given that worldspy has a large software package to download
> > for the Win-95 system... and apparently doesn't for Linux...
> > I am wondering how to accomplish a connection with them?
> >
> > I am using RH 6.1.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Johnnio
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > Jerry Human wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Guys:
> > >
> > > Just wanted to add my two cents. I had problems with freewwweb, too. Went
> > > looking and found over a dozen free ISP's. Checked them all, most had an ad
> > > banner requirement. However, worldspy.net doesn't, just requires loading their
> > > home page on startup. Once you surf to another site/page you have nothing on
> > > screen but the page you're at. I've got it working in (ugh) Win95 and Linux.
> > > This is not an endorsement but a helpful hint.
> > >
> > > Have fun!
> > >
>
Hi Dave:
Actually I had to do a little hacking but didn't have any problem. I use Win95's dialer
when in Win95. After installing worldspy.net and getting frustrated with all the
windows
that are used just to log on, I decided to find a way around them. Checking the DUN
file
it created for dialing I found that my user name was relaced with a code that looks
like
a wierd email address. Then I created a new dialer and copied the code to it and used
my
normal password. It worked! I logged on without going through all the BS they give you.
Next I switched to Linux and set up ppp the same way and it works too. Now I have a
FREE
ISP with none of the BS, not even their home page. Try it, you'll like it.
Thanks.
Jerry
--
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"
as the Subject.
