Q126382: Bypassing Service Provider Banner In SWITCH.INF

Article: Q126382
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.5 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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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
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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 Q125975.

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
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Version           : 3.5 4.0

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