Microsoft KB Archive/126382

= Bypassing Service Provider Banner In SWITCH.INF =

Article ID: 126382

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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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=



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

For example:

COMMAND=

OK= "Enter User Name:"

ERROR_NO_CARRIER= "NO CARRIER"

LOOP=

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.

Additional query words: point-to-point prodnt

Keywords: kbnetwork KB126382

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