I am looking for a way to dial on demand (when an application requests
it) to an ISP.
I have lots of ISP accounts and I'm looking to randomly select an
account, if I have to select them in sequence thats ok - but ideally
randomly.
I have seen applications that will select the next ISP account in a
list if one is engaged but I'm after one that will select and entirely
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Request for Question Clarification by
mathtalk-ga
on
25 Feb 2004 16:52 PST
Hi, tjunction-ga:
Is it to be assumed that the application requests are on a Windows
platform, and that you intended to use "dial-up networking"
connections to fulfill them?
Is this a question about how to write an application so that it has
this behavior, or are you perhaps concerned with identifying some
applications which already perform this randomization of connections?
regards, mathtalk-ga
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Clarification of Question by
tjunction-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 00:30 PST
Hi mathtalk-ga,
Yes it is windows based and would be based on Dial up networking.
Ideally I am looking for an application that can already do this.
tjunction-ga.
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Request for Question Clarification by
mathtalk-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 05:47 PST
Thanks for the prompt Clarification. Would the dialup networking
connections be used in a "uniform" way, e.g. always with Internet
Explorer, or do you have a variety of "requestors" for internet
connections in mind?
regards, mathtalk-ga
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Clarification of Question by
tjunction-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 07:40 PST
I would like it to be activated by an Internet explorer request either
by the hos pc or another pc using it as a proxy.
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Request for Question Clarification by
mathtalk-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 11:14 PST
Okay, what specific Windows operating system are you using?
regards, mathtalk-ga
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Clarification of Question by
tjunction-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 12:17 PST
You can advise me I guess, I have all, but at present the particular
machine is set to windows 98.
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Request for Question Clarification by
mathtalk-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 17:54 PST
I bring it up mainly because you broached the idea of having the
computer act as a proxy for other machines. If I remember correctly
Microsoft introduced a "home proxy" feature with Windows 98SE. There
are inexpensive "connection sharing" programs available from third
parties, but I'd probably stick with a Microsoft solution, if
possible, to maximize the chance that what ever means of randomizing
the dialup accounts will work equally well with IE and other programs.
regards, mathtalk-ga
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Clarification of Question by
tjunction-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 22:50 PST
Do you think a randomisation application exisits already or requires being written?
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Request for Question Clarification by
mathtalk-ga
on
03 Mar 2004 07:29 PST
There are existing "dial on demand" (a good search phrase) solutions,
some in software and some in hardware. Perhaps a parameter that needs
to be considered is the price range you are in for such solutions. I
realize that free is good, but probably the only "free" solution would
require some clever coding for "randomization".
A single dialup networking entry can contain multiple phone numbers,
but in order to fully automate the connection, a common user account
and password would have to exist for all the different ISPs, which I
think unlikely.
So it seems to me the focus for a "homegrown" program would be on
manipulation of the dialup networking entries, or on the Internet
Explorer settings (Tools --> Internet Options --> Connections) which
affect the default dialout behavior.
regards, mathtalk-ga
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