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Old May 28th 10, 01:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
John John - MVP
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Default Dialup BEFORE Logon

MIXIT wrote:
Hi all,

XP Pro systems, (SP3+ latest), trying to get them to establish their dialup
connections before a user logs on. This is basically so that if a system
gets restarted remotely, it'll power up and re-connect via dialup so I can
remote back in. Don't ask why it's dialup, I wish it were't


But if you do this all the internet traffic will route through the
slower dial-up connection! Do the users disconnect the connection once
they are logged on to the computer?

In any case... run the dial-up in a Machine Script and it will execute
before anyone logs on.

Other than a fail over I can't really see why you need to do this, you
can remote desktop into Windows XP without anyone being logged on (via
the high speed connection) and with a good modem you can wake up the
computer with Wake on Ring, providing that the Computer/BIOS has Wake on
Ring capability. The only time that I would see a need for this setup
is if the high speed connection (ISP) is down or experiencing outages.
If you have good modems on both ends you can even do a modem to modem
RAS/VPN connection over regular POTS lines... slow as all hell but good
enough to do basic stuff... like getting the unknown ISP assigned IP
address of a machine or like logging on and turning on the dial-up
connection then logging back off!

What's the background for this setup? How many remote users do you have?

John
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