Number dialled by modem

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Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request their phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
 
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
i have not used dialup for a few months now but i know that there is a log, or at the least you should be able to have your connections logged. I was reading the logs in 98se, and i now got the highspeed for xp,

I hope that someone out here knows how to configure the modem logs for you.
.. wait a while and see if there are replies to this,

I will do some searching and testing for now.
Ill let you know if i find anything of use.
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
I got it. go to "printers and other hardware" "phone and modem options" from the control panel. highlight your modem and click the "Diagnostics" tab this is where you can append to log.
like i said i have not configured my modem for dialup since i swithed isp' . but this is the best i can do without actually dialing my own home.


i have not used dialup for a few months now but i know that there is a log, or at the least you should be able to have your connections logged. I was reading the logs in 98se, and i now got the highspeed for xp,

I hope that someone out here knows how to configure the modem logs for you.
. wait a while and see if there are replies to this,

I will do some searching and testing for now.
Ill let you know if i find anything of use.
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
and if you have not done so, you could go to "internet options" "connections" and click settings and then click properties on the page that follows. this should show you what is being dialed.

as for security setting and precautions, if you do find "the way" to view what "has" been dialed let us know. this would be a usefull defence against some dialers that cost so many so much.
I got it. go to "printers and other hardware" "phone and modem options" from the control panel. highlight your modem and click the "Diagnostics" tab this is where you can append to log.
like i said i have not configured my modem for dialup since i swithed isp' . but this is the best i can do without actually dialing my own home.


i have not used dialup for a few months now but i know that there is a log, or at the least you should be able to have your connections logged. I was reading the logs in 98se, and i now got the highspeed for xp,

I hope that someone out here knows how to configure the modem logs for you.
. wait a while and see if there are replies to this,

I will do some searching and testing for now.
Ill let you know if i find anything of use.
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
Thanks for your replies.


There is a connection in Network Connections but it has the "prompt for telephone number" setting set and it seems that the dial up software provides the connection with the telephone number when it is run.

However, in this particular case there was a file in Program Files, for the installed software, that I managed to open up in Notepad and it contained the telephone numbers that relate to my package and a few others that I also tried but was not allowed access using. Although the file is probably not intended to be opened in Notepad the numbers were clearly visible. I believe this file is downloaded by the dialler each time the telephone numbers need to be updated etc.

There was also a log file in the same Program Files folder that contained a few useful details although the telephone number was disguised in that.


Jon

and if you have not done so, you could go to "internet options" "connections" and click settings and then click properties on the page that follows. this should show you what is being dialed.

as for security setting and precautions, if you do find "the way" to view what "has" been dialed let us know. this would be a usefull defence against some dialers that cost so many so much.
I got it. go to "printers and other hardware" "phone and modem options" from the control panel. highlight your modem and click the "Diagnostics" tab this is where you can append to log.
like i said i have not configured my modem for dialup since i swithed isp' . but this is the best i can do without actually dialing my own home.


i have not used dialup for a few months now but i know that there is a log, or at the least you should be able to have your connections logged. I was reading the logs in 98se, and i now got the highspeed for xp,

I hope that someone out here knows how to configure the modem logs for you.
. wait a while and see if there are replies to this,

I will do some searching and testing for now.
Ill let you know if i find anything of use.
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
Yes thanks for that tip .. the info in that modem log is a bit cryptic ... there's no obvious telephone numbers shown .. .but perhaps they are contained in the info in some form

Jon
I got it. go to "printers and other hardware" "phone and modem options" from the control panel. highlight your modem and click the "Diagnostics" tab this is where you can append to log.
like i said i have not configured my modem for dialup since i swithed isp' . but this is the best i can do without actually dialing my own home.


i have not used dialup for a few months now but i know that there is a log, or at the least you should be able to have your connections logged. I was reading the logs in 98se, and i now got the highspeed for xp,

I hope that someone out here knows how to configure the modem logs for you.
. wait a while and see if there are replies to this,

I will do some searching and testing for now.
Ill let you know if i find anything of use.
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
Seems to be a file called
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Network\Connections\Pbk\rasphone.pbk

which may be of some use, since it seems to get written to alot during dialup / connections. Perhaps a program that monitored changes to this file may be the answer. Will look at the problem again sometime.

Jon
and if you have not done so, you could go to "internet options" "connections" and click settings and then click properties on the page that follows. this should show you what is being dialed.

as for security setting and precautions, if you do find "the way" to view what "has" been dialed let us know. this would be a usefull defence against some dialers that cost so many so much.
I got it. go to "printers and other hardware" "phone and modem options" from the control panel. highlight your modem and click the "Diagnostics" tab this is where you can append to log.
like i said i have not configured my modem for dialup since i swithed isp' . but this is the best i can do without actually dialing my own home.


i have not used dialup for a few months now but i know that there is a log, or at the least you should be able to have your connections logged. I was reading the logs in 98se, and i now got the highspeed for xp,

I hope that someone out here knows how to configure the modem logs for you.
. wait a while and see if there are replies to this,

I will do some searching and testing for now.
Ill let you know if i find anything of use.
Thanks for the reply . Yes I currently do have a telephone number which I can manually configure to access the internet, which is in fact what I use rather than their diallup software. I suppose I was just curious to know if there was a way of recording the number actually dialled by any resident software in some way.

Jon
you should not need any software to configure a connection. (Rogers basically tries the same thing)
I suggest you contact them and request your the phone# and manually configure your connection. just give it a name, phone# and P-word. im sure you've done it before so I leave it to you.
Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
Hi Jon,

First off, that is on them to troubleshoot. Secondarily:

To view the list of names and addresses recorded by AutoDial, type the
following command at a command prompt: rasautou -s

To delete a name or address entry from the list: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Addresses

And saving/importing these work. Encrypted or not.

Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to these keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Profile
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess\Addresses




Hi

Does anyone know a way to find out which telephone number is actually
dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that
isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by
hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a
note of numbers dialled anywhere?

Thanks for any suggestions

Jon
 
Yes that seems an interesting program / registry key to keep tabs on in the
battle against spyware etc.
I think this particular package makes use of it's own custom dialling dll to
do its dialling for it, rather than using the standard windows programs
(rasdial.dll ? / rasautou.exe ?) and so perhaps bypasses such entries

Jon
 
ok if anyone's still following this thread or remotely interested, I'll post what I've discovered

In the modem log (Control Panel > Phone and modem... > Modems > Properties > Diagnostics > View log)
there is a line that looks something like
Send: ATDT###########<cr>

the # are the disguised digits of the number dialled by the modem.

If you add an extra e0 to the "Extra initialization commands" (may vary from modem to modem) in
Control Panel > Phone and modem... > Modems > Properties > Advanced

(my full line reads "atm0 e1" which also mutes the modem)

then following that line in the log on the next line the telephone number dialled will be revealed (echoed)

Hope this helps

Jon
as for security setting and precautions, if you do find "the way" to view what "has" been dialed let us know. this would be a usefull defence against some dialers that cost so many so much.
 
oops e1 not e0
ok if anyone's still following this thread or remotely interested, I'll post what I've discovered

In the modem log (Control Panel > Phone and modem... > Modems > Properties > Diagnostics > View log)
there is a line that looks something like
Send: ATDT###########<cr>

the # are the disguised digits of the number dialled by the modem.

If you add an extra e1 to the "Extra initialization commands" (may vary from modem to modem) in
Control Panel > Phone and modem... > Modems > Properties > Advanced

(my full line reads "atm0 e1" which also mutes the modem)

then following that line in the log on the next line the telephone number dialled will be revealed (echoed)

Hope this helps

Jon
as for security setting and precautions, if you do find "the way" to view what "has" been dialed let us know. this would be a usefull defence against some dialers that cost so many so much.
 
Subscribe to call trace (provided by your local phone company) on the telephone number the modem is using & then work with your local phone company to identify
the number being dialed.
 
the issue was figureing out what the number being dialed to contact the ISP
because it was hidden/encripted. (the isp had provided the software) and by
using such a feature as calltrace it would be far to costly and is normaly
required for legal perposes ie; harasments


agentsbc said:
Subscribe to call trace (provided by your local phone company) on the
Click to expand...
telephone number the modem is using & then work with your local phone
company to identify
the number being dialed.
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dialled by the modem for a 56k dialup connection? Reason for asking is that
isp has recently started trying to ensure you use their diallup software by
hiding the number dialled. eg can it be done via script or does XP make a
note of numbers dialled anywhere?
 
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