Microsoft KB Archive/97534

= Unwanted String Begins Messages Redirected by XPAD =

Article ID: 97534

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006



This article was previously published under Q97534



SUMMARY
An incorrect or unwanted string sometimes begins messages sent through XPAD redirection. The problem is caused by connection through a NULL modem cable.



SYMPTOMS
The X.25 PAD is often used for testing remote access services because it allows a PC with a modem to access one PAD COM port, then redirects the connection to another PAD COM port that has a LAN Man server running RAS.

Sometimes, however, the first word the RAS client software sends is unwanted. In one reported instance, the word &quot;client&quot; began every message, causing a problem because it is an invalid command for the PAD, which requires a string such as &quot;call/local 1&quot; before it initiates a redirection.



CAUSE
This can be caused by connecting to the PAD through a null modem cable.



RESOLUTION
You can fix this by modifying PAD.INF, but it is not the best way to do it. If your connections are successfully completing, leave PAD.INF alone and go to the MODEMS.INF file. Find the Null Modem section. The unwanted string (&quot;client&quot; in the previous example) is in the Dial Command section. Replace it with &quot;call/local 1&quot; or whatever string you require.

Additional query words: 2.00 2.10 2.20

Keywords: KB97534

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