AOL

[bot2600]

Does dnet fetch/flush through an AOL dialup connection? I have a couple people whos computers I service and haven't installed the client on it cause I wasn't sure if it would fetch/flush properly through AOLs dial-up adapter.

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[Fingers]

it worked for me back when I had AOL.

 

[Thyme]

I don't know, but I'm very sorry for you.

Have you tried proxies?

 

[Russ]

I think it's fine from 5.0 on.

Russ, NCNE

 

[gogeeta13]

Yes it works, but here is the problem. You cannot track who and where the blocks are comming from. AOL hsa a series of complicated proxies and a couple ranges of IP's that all users share. I have a few people on AOL, but there is no way for me to track their work to me on the FED proxy. When my DSL gets installed i will run my own pproxy so I can keep everything strait. If you plan to ever track AOL work, I advise you do the same.

 

[Thyme]

The best solution of course is to get rid of AOL.

 

[ViRGE]

To be more specific, yes, the client will work through AOL. You need to adjust two settings however to make sure it works properly. First, under "interfaces to watch", put in a "*", which indicates for the client to watch interfaces. Secondly, you need to set the "Dialup Link Detection" to the passive mode, which is called "Dial-up dection ONLY mode". Once you do those, the client will exchange blocks whenever the user dials into AOL. Oh, and BTW, make sure you use the latest client, 469.