Can RASDIAL be used to connect to DUN and then AOL?

[Guest Danny]

My aunt uses a dial-up connection(Windows XP) with Ntelos to get

online and then connects to AOL 9.0VR for free by piggybacking the

Ntelos DUN. I cannot get the AOL software to automatically start the

Ntelos DUN like IE does, but AOL will detect and use the Ntelos DUN if

it is already up and running. I'm not at my aunt's computer(she's a 4

hour drive away) and wonder if RASDIAL could be used in a batch file

to connect to the Ntelos DUN, then start up AOL, which has been

configured to sign on automatically with her screenname and password,

and finally disconnect the Ntelos DUN with the /Disconnect command

when AOL has been shut down. Any batch script ideas to accomplish the

above would be greatly appreciated.

 

Danny in Yorktown, VA