On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:33:41 +0000 (UTC), Brian <bandj@o2.co.uk>
wrote:

>On 2005-10-26, Brian A <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 19:41:44 GMT, Brian A
>><no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> To answer my own posting lest it be useful to others:
>> I couldn't get the gateway setting to work. Instead I set up the dial
>> plan to access voiptalk, by dialling #2, thus:
>>|<#02,:>xx.<:@voiptalk.org;usr="xxxxxxxx";pwd="x xxxxx";nat=yes>
>> where:
>> xxxxxxxx is my usernumber
>> xxxxxx is my passnumber
>> xx. means any number of 2 digits or more after #2 has selected the
>> operator.
>
>Three points to consider.
>
>Should you not be starting the dialing sequence with #02?
I do - that gives a second dialling tone. Then I dial my number.
It works fine with the voiptalk service numbers.
>
>What is the 'usr="xxxxxxxx";pwd="xxxxxx";nat=yes' intended to do? Is
>this in the SPA handbook? Have you tried leaving it out?
This is a recognised way of accessing a provider via the plan.
Yes it is in the user guide. Check out page 52.
>xx. would have to be **xx. (or *xx.) to use some of the peering numbers.
I thought that digits were digits and that there was no discrimination
as to what they were.

Notwithstanding that I don't get a connection on 0800s anyway.

Thanks for your comments anyway.

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