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Re: (ASCEND) Please Help. Unwanted dial up

Glad I could help.

Alan Billips wrote:

> Thanks Tim.   That was exactly what I needed.   Ascend did call earlier
> but they were no help at all.
>
> Alan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Connolly [SMTP:tec@mountain.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 3:33 PM
> > To:   Alan Billips
> > Cc:   'ascend-users@bungi.com'
> > Subject:      Re: (ASCEND) Please Help.  Unwanted dial up
> >
> > Alan Billips wrote:
> >
> > > Please Help.  Acsend doesn't ever call back
> > >
> >
> > Sure they do, if you threaten a class action suit...
> >
> > > The call is going to the DNS address the the internet provider gave
> > us.
> > >
> >
> > This could be a simply fix, first off, remove the DNS entry that
> > doesn't really
> > exist, your just asking for trouble. Secondly, to keep the pipe from
> > dialling
> > just to do DNS lookups, add host entries in your c:\windows\hosts
> > file. An
> > example format follows. Be sure to add the mail servers IP's as well
> > as any
> > other local IP's that you don't need to dial to get to. Good
> > luck...c:\windows\hosts (example filename is hosts.sam)
> > 102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com
> >
> > > Alan Billips
> > > alanb@pr-ky.com
> >



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-- number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.


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