Bypassing Service Provider Banner In SWITCH.INF (126382)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q126382

SUMMARY

The following statement can be used in your Remote Access Service (RAS) SLIP/PPP logon script (SWITCH.INF file) to bypass the banner text of your service provider:

LOOP=<ignore>

MORE INFORMATION

Many service providers send a long welcome and instruction text banner each time you logon. You can use the LOOP=<ignore><cr> statement in your automated logon script, to bypass an unknown number of text banner lines.

For example:

COMMAND=
OK=<match>"Enter User Name:"
ERROR_NO_CARRIER=<match>"NO CARRIER"
LOOP=<ignore>

This set of commands causes the blank COMMAND= to be issued until Enter User Name: is matched. Therefore, any lines of text sent by the service provider before Enter User Name: are ignored by your automated logon script.

For more information on using the SWITCH.INF to automate a logon, refer to Knowledge Base article 125975.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/6/2003
Keywords:kbnetwork KB126382
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