Hi Dan,
Verify that Dial-up Networking is Installed and TCP-IP from your CDROM.
Now that the driver is installed, you need to configure it so it
will work with Windows 95. Go to the Control Panel and double-click
the Network icon. You should get a dialog box like this.
Click on the TCP/IP protocol (highlighted in the picture) and press
the Properties... button. You should get the TCP/IP Properties box.
There are six sections in this dialog box. We'll deal with them in
order. In each case, you can click on the section title to get a
picture of the dialog box with the correct options selected.
IP Address
Select the Obtain an IP address automatically option. Note: however,
if you obtain your IP address from a Windows NT DHCP server,
Netscape will no longer get the gateway or DNS server IP address
from the information set up under the Network options. The DHCP
server options on the NT machine need to specify the DNS server IP
Address and set the router address to your gateway.
WINS Configuration
Select the Disable WINS Resolution option for now, you can enable it
later when you want to run peer to peer networking.
Gateway
Type in the gateway for your access provider. If you were using
Trumpet Winsock, this number is the Default Gateway value in the
Trumpet Winsock Setup dialog box. Once you've entered this number,
press the Add button.
Bindings
By default, the Client for Microsoft Networks option is checked.
Leave it alone.
Advanced
No changes needed are from the default.
DNS Configuration
This is probably what has been giving you the most trouble. Select
the Enable DNS option. This stands for Domain Name Service. Enter
your user name in the Host box. In the Domain, put in the name of
your provider, like abc.com or partyon.com or whatever.
In the DNS Server Search Order section, put in the IP address of
your provider's name server and press the Add button. To find this
number, you can log into your provider with a Windows terminal and
type nslookup. Your provider's server will return the DNS address.
If that doesn't work, try 131.107.1.7 and/or 204.95.111.254 (those
belong to Microsoft).
If you were previously using Trumpet Winsock, the DNS is the Name
server value in the Trumpet Winsock Setup dialog box.
In the Domain Suffix Search Order section, type in the domain suffix
(usually the same as the domain) and press the Add button. If you
were using Trumpet Winsock, this is the Domain Suffix value in the
Trumpet Winsock Setup dialog box.
When you're all done setting these options, press the OK button.
Then press the OK button in the Network dialog box. Windows 95 will
ask you to reboot. Press Yes and run to the fridge for a quick
snack. You're almost done!
Set up the Connection Icon
Open up My Computer from the desktop and double-click the Dial-Up
Networking icon. Double-click the Make New Connection icon. This
will walk you through the Make New Connection wizard. The first
dialog box looks like this.
Type in "PPP Internet Access", "Internet Connection", or whatever
you want to call the icon you're about to create to connect you to
your provider (the title won't affect the type of connection). Your
modem (which should have been configured when you installed Windows
95) should be shown in the Select a modem: area. Press the Configure
button and you'll get a dialog box that looks like this.
In the General section, Crank up your modem speed to as fast as you
think it will go. If you have a 14.4K modem, for example, make the
maximum speed 57600. DO NOT, however, select Only connect at this
speed. This will let your modem adjust as the connection needs.
Don't worry about the Connection section, the defaults should be
fine.
Next, select the Options section. Depending on how your provider
handles login, there are a couple of ways to configure this dialog.
For your first connection attempt, leave the Bring up terminal
window after dialing unchecked. If you have connection problems
later on, try checking the Bring up terminal window after dialing
box, as shown in this picture. Now hit the OK button.
Click the Next > button in the Make New Connection wizard. Enter in
the phone number of your access provider. You don't need to put in
an area code if it's a local call. You may want to put in *70, (with
the comma) if you have Call Waiting. This will disable it for this
call only.
Press the Finish button and your icon will be created. Your Dial-Up
Networking folder should now look something like this.
Setting the Dial-Up Properties
Select your newly-created connection icon, press the right mouse
button and choose Properties... You should get a dialog box named
whatever name you gave your icon (I gave mine the name of Dial-up
SLIP), which looks like this.
Press the Server Type... button. You'll get the Server Types dialog
box. It should look like this. In the Type of Dial-Up Server
section, press the down arrow to drop down the list box. The list
box options look like this. Since you're planning to use PPP, choose
that server type in the list box.
Make sure that Log on to network in the Advanced options: section is
not checked (this makes for an easier inital install, you can check
it off later when you want to try some of the more advanced peer to
peer capabilities of Windows 95). Also, make sure that TCP/IP in the
Allowed network protocols: section is checked. Then press the OK
button.
Hit the OK button in the remaining dialog box, and you're almost
ready to dial!
Dialing in and Getting Connected
Double-click your session icon that you recently made. You'll get
the Connect To dialog, which looks like this. Put your username and
password in the appropriate text areas.
Press the Connect button and your modem should start dialing. After
a few rings, your provider's host machine should answer. If you
didn't check the Bring up terminal window after dialing option back
in the Connection section, Windows 95 should take care of the rest!
Go ahead and fire up those 32-bit apps!
If you had problems getting logged in, try going back and checking
the Bring up terminal window after dialing option. Once you dial in,
a post-dial terminal window will appear after the handshaking
signals. It will probably look somewhat like this.
Enter your user name and press ENTER. Then enter your password and
press ENTER. You should get a message on the screen saying something
like PPP session from (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
beginning.... My connection message looks like this.
If you get some garbled characters after entering your connection
information, ignore it - it won't affect the connection.
Press F7 or click the Continue (F7) button. You'll get a PPP
Connection IP Address dialog. It looks like this. Enter in the
number that the terminal window displayed as connecting to.
Click the OK button, and you should be connected! If all went well,
you'll see a Connected to Dial-up PPP dialog box like this one. Go
ahead and fire up those 32-bit Winsock apps! You can get the latest
Windows 95 apps from my 32-bit Shareware Collection.
Elya.
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Elya S. Kurktchi Simply Internet
Vice President-Systems Admin 7841 Balboa Avenue, Suite 101
elya@inetworld.net San Diego, CA 92111
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