Notes on Netdial
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Netdial is a simple scripted dialer that can be used with either SLIP or
PPP.  It uses a script file named NETDIAL.SCR (you can't change the name). 
Netdial's script syntax is very simple and is the same as the integrated
dialer in Etherppp (see ethernew.txt on this site for a Netdial script for
Agate).  You might like Netdial better if you find the syntax for Dospppd's
Chat dialer confusing.

The documentation is adequate, and there are only a couple things I'd like
to point out.  First, the PORT command-line option does not work.  You need
to use the COMn option.  For example, my modem is at port 2e8, IRQ 5.  2e8
is COM4:, but the BIOS on my machine does not know the modem exists. 
Normally, I would want to say PORT 0x2e8 IRQ 5 with Netdial, but that
doesn't work.  This does:

   netdial COM4 IRQ 5 38400

Apparently it doesn't matter that my BIOS doesn't support COM4:.

The second thing is that the HANGUP option doesn't work on my machine,
although I have the modem set to hang up when DTR is dropped.  Watch out for
that and make sure you don't stay on the phone longer than you thought.