Re: PPP
Re: PPP
- Subject: Re: PPP
- From: "Todd Casey" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:02:08 -0500
Jens,
Thanks for the info and code! Is it possible to hide the username and
password from the end user and control the entire configuration and dial-up
from within the software?
Thanks,
Todd Casey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Bauer" <email@hidden>
To: "Todd Casey" <email@hidden>; "The cool guys"
<email@hidden>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: PPP
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Hi Todd,
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On Mon, 19 Aug, 2002, Todd Casey <email@hidden> wrote:
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>I need to dial-up a PPP connection inside my C/C++ application on Mac OS.
Is
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>this possible? I am a newbie to Mac programming and need to be pointed in
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>the right direction. Do I use the Open Transport SDK?
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Indeed, this is possible.
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I understand that you want to do this under Mac OS 9 and below, not Mac
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OS X, am I correct ?
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If so, you should use Open Transport, yes.
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You have another option, which I didn't choose myself, so I cannot help
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you if you want to take that path; it's about using AppleEvents.
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But if you want to use Open Transport, you should create an asynchronous
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endpoint, install a notifier.
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Inside this notifier, you should catch some PPP events, here's a small
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piece of code, that you can use for reference:
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(Note: some of these constants are not defined by Apple, I made them up
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myself, for instance kConnected, kDialing, kIdle, etc...)
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---8<-----8<-----8<-----
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static pascal void Notifier(void *context, OTEventCode event, OTResult
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result, void *cookie)
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{
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#pragma unused(result)
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EndpointRef ep;
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int errorCode;
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errorCode = (int) cookie;
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ep = (EndpointRef) context;
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switch(event)
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{
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case kPPPConnectCompleteEvent:
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switch(errorCode)
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{
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case 0:
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SetStatus(kConnected);
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break;
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case 1:
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SetStatus(kDialing);
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break;
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case -6020: // No Dialtone
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SetStatus(kIdle);
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break;
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case -6019: // Timeout (no answer, voice answer, illegal
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phone#, busy, etc.)
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SetStatus(kIdle);
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break;
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case -7114: // Modem in use
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SetStatus(kIdle);
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break;
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case -7129: // Authentication failed
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SetStatus(kIdle);
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break;
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case -7136: // Connection refused (Eg. can happen if TCP/IP
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is set to use DHCP)
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SetStatus(kIdle);
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break;
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default: // Save error code for debugging
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gRealErrorCode = errorCode;
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break;
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}
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break;
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case kPPPSetScriptCompleteEvent:
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// don't know if we get this
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break;
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case kPPPDisconnectCompleteEvent:
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switch(errorCode)
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{
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case 0:
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// SetStatus(kDisconnected);
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SetStatus(kIdle);
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break;
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case 1:
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SetStatus(kDisconnecting);
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break;
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default:
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gRealErrorCode = errorCode;
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break;
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}
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break;
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// Here follows a bunch of events that I don't handle...
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case kPPPDisconnectEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPIPCPUpEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPIPCPDownEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPLCPUpEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPLCPDownEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPLowerLayerUpEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPLowerLayerDownEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPAuthenticationStartedEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPAuthenticationFinishedEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPDCEInitStartedEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPDCEInitFinishedEvent:
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break;
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case kPPPDCECallStartedEvent:
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// We get this, when dialing, cookie seem to always be 0.
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break;
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case kPPPDCECallFinishedEvent:
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// We get this.
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// if there's no modem, cookie is set to -6020
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switch(errorCode)
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{
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case -6020:
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SetLastError(kNoDialTone);
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break;
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case -6019:
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SetLastError(kTimeout);
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break;
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default:
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gRealErrorCode = errorCode;
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SetLastError(kUnknownError);
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break;
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}
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break;
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case kStreamIoctlEvent:
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switch((int) cookie)
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{
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case I_OTGetMiscellaneousEvents:
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// we get this
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break;
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case I_OTConnect:
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// we get this too
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break;
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default:
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break;
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}
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break;
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default:
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break;
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}
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}
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--->8----->8----->8-----
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Here's a snippet creating the endpoint:
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---8<-----8<-----8<-----
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <OpenTransport.h>
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#include <OpenTransportProviders.h> /* note: instead of <OpenTptPPP.h> */
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#include <Dialogs.h>
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#ifndef _MWERKS_
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QDGlobals qd;
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#endif
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static pascal void Notifier(void *context, OTEventCode event, OTResult
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result, void *cookie)
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{
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/* output the event, result and cookie values here (you might get away
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with using printf, I did, but it's definately not a good practise!) */
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}
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void Start()
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{
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OSStatus err;
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EndpointRef ep;
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OTNotifyUPP notifier;
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err = InitOpenTransport();
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{
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notifier = NewOTNotifyUPP(Notifier);
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ep = OTOpenEndpoint(OTCreateConfiguration(kPPPControlName), 0, NULL,
&err);
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if(kOTNoError == err)
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{
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err = OTInstallNotifier(ep, notifier, ep);
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err = OTSetAsynchronous(ep);
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err = OTSetBlocking(ep);
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err = OTIoctl(ep, I_OTGetMiscellaneousEvents, (void *) 1);
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(completion event received in notifier)
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err = OTIoctl(ep, I_OTConnect, NULL);
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(completion event received in notifier)
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Wait(60000);
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err = OTCloseProvider(ep);
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}
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if(notifier)
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{
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DisposeOTNotifyUPP(notifier);
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}
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CloseOpenTransport();
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}
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void main()
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{
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InitGraf(&qd.thePort);
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InitFonts();
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InitWindows();
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InitMenus();
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TEInit();
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InitDialogs(NULL);
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InitCursor();
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Start();
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}
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--->8----->8----->8-----
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These snippets were taken from earlier emails I've sent, so if you have
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any questions, let me know, and I'll answer them.
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If you need to setup the phone number and all the other fancy things, I'd
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recommend that you get the dialing function working first. The other
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stuff is easy; you'll need MoreNetworkSetup for that (MoreSCF on Mac OS X)
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-If you need this to work on Mac OS X, you'll furthermore need to use
ppplib.
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Love,
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Jens
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--
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Jens Bauer, Faster Software.
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-Let's make the World better, shall we ?
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