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Apple
Internet Connection Kit Setup
Information
about the Apple Internet Dialer
The Apple Internet Connection Kit uses the Apple Internet Dialer
to setup a PPP connection. The user simply opens the Apple Internet
Dialer, configures a window, and then selects a menu item which
brings up a series of windows which ask several queries. These Apple
Internet Dialer then configures the TCP/IP and ConfigPPP panels
for the user.
The Dialer
To use the Apple Internet Dialer, install the software from the
CD-ROM; then open the folder 'Apple Internet Connection Kit'. Open
the Apple Internet Dialer, and configure the following fields:
- Phone Number:
Choose your local number here
(return to this page using your browser's back button)
- Port: Modem
Port
- Modem: Select
your Modem from the Drop-down menu
- Dial: The
appropriate button for your type of dialing
Setup your
Account
Then click on the selection 'Provider' on the menubar. Scroll down
the menu that appears to "Define provider information". This brings
up a series of screens that ask for the following information:
Here, for login enter the username you chose when you setup your
account instead of 'username'. Also, the phone number should be
the same from earlier.
- NNTP host
is 'texasonline.net'
- The SMTP
Host is 'usaonline.net'
- The POP Host
is 'usaonline.net'
- Enter Domain
Name as 'usaonline.net'
- The Primary
DNS is '208.207.16.2'
- The Secondary
DNS is '204.90.111.2'
Leave the Connection Scripts blank and click 'OK'. You are ready to
connect! All you have to do to connect is open a TCP/IP application,
such as Netscape Navigator, or click on the button 'Connect' in the
Apple Internet Dialer Screen.
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