Internet dial-up connection configuration in Windows 95
This text is intended for helping
with configuration of dial-up connection to Internet through Inicia.
What you need:
- a telephone line
- a modem (we recommend at least 28800
bps modem)
- software for web browsing (usually
Internet Explorer or Netscape) and for reading and writing e-mail
(Outlook Express, Netscape, Pegasus Mail)
- Windows installation CD-ROM (not
necessary if everything needed is already installed or you have a
copy of it on your hard disk)
Modem installation:
After connecting the modem to computer port (or installing the internal
one) go to "My computer", "Control
Panel", "Modems", "Add".
Windows should be able to detect the modem type automatically. If it
doesn't detect correct modem type and you have floppy disk with drivers
for your modem than select "Change"
and "Have Disk" and install the
modem drivers from floppy disk.
After installing
the modem go to "Properties" of
that modem and in "Connection"
disable the "Wait for dial tone before
dialing" check box, because modems may have problems with
detecting dial tone on czech tel. lines.
Installation of dial-up
adapter and network protocols Open the icon "My
Computer", "Control Panel"
and "Network". If the "Dial-up
adapter" is not listed in installed components then choose "Add",
"Adapter" and again "Add".
Find "Microsoft" in the list of
manufacturers and "Dial-Up Adapter"
in the list of adapters. Windows will install some protocols and clients
for Microsoft Network that you don't need. We recommend to leave only
the "Dial-Up Adapter" in
installed componnents list and delete others using "Remove"
and install the TCP/IP protocol using "Add",
"Protocol", "Add",
manufacturer "Microsoft" and
protocol "TCP/IP". Windows may
want the installation CD-ROM (if you don't have o copy of it on your
hard disk) and after finishing the network configuration it will need
restart.
Installation of dial-up
networking Now it's time to make sure the "Dial-Up
Networking" folder is installed in "My
Computer". If it is not there install it using "Control
Panel", "Add/Remove Programs",
"Windows Setup", with checking
"Dial-Up Networking" in "Communications",
"Details".
Creating the connection
Now you will craeate the dial-up connection to your provider. Run the
program "Make new connection" in "My
Computer", "Dial-Up Networking".
Enter a name for this connection - use Inicia.
Choose the modem, click "Next"
and enter the tel. number to provider - that is tel. number 971117511 and country "Czech
republic" for Inicia. If you need to dial 0 to access
outside line then add 0, before the
number. After pressing "Finish"
it should create icon named Inicia.
Configurating the
connection Now the last configuration before connecting to
Internet. Press the right mouse button on the created icon Inicia
in folder "DialUp Networking".
Choose "Properties" and in "General"
check the "Server Type" - it
should be PPP. Than there should be enabled only the "Enable
software compression" and "TCP/IP"
protocol. In the "TCP/IP settings"
check if "Server assigned IP address",
"Server assigned name server addresses",
"Use IP header comperssion" and "Use
default gateway" options are enabled.
The
connection test
To establish the
connection double-click on the icon Inicia
in "My Computer", "DialUp
Networking" folder. Select "Dial
Properties" and select the pulse or tone type of dialing for
your tel. line. Enter your username and password for PPP (as written on
your user card) into "User name"
and "Password". Press the "Connect"
button for starting the connection. You should hear modems handshaking,
see something like "Verifying userneme
and password". If you see a window with "Connection
estabilished" it means that the connection is working. You
can disconnect by "Disconnect".
Installation of Internet
Explorer and Outlook Express The Internet Explorer is part of the
Windows system if you have Win98. If you have a newer version of Win95 (the
SR2 ver.) than the Explorer is part of Windows installation, but may not
be installed - it is possible to install it from the Windows
installation CD-ROM. If you have the older version of Windows than you
need to install it, usually from a CD-ROM.
There is a program
Internet Mail and News that is a part or Internet Explorer. In newer
version there is Outlook Express, both very similar to each other. These
can be used for elecronic mail (e-mail).
For web browsing
and e-mail you can also use another programs like Netscape Communicator.
The
Internet Explorer configuration
Here is not too
much to change. For speeding up the web browsing you can use access
through proxy server. Go to "View",
"Internet Options", "Connection"
and choose "Use proxy server",
then "Advanced" and enter cache.ini.cz
into "http" field and 3128
into port number field.
Configuration
of Outlook Express
Start the Outlook
Express and go to "Tools" and
"Accounts", click on "Add"
and "Mail". Enter your first and
last name, your email address (as written on user card) into "Email
address". Enter pop.ini.cz into
"POP3 server" and smtp.ini.cz
into "SMTP server". Enter your
POP username and password (also written on your user card) into "POP
account name" and "Password".
Enter Inicia when asked for "Account
name". Select the "Using my phone
line" type of connection and select the Inicia
connection.
Inicia s.r.o. Puškinovo nam. 5, 160 00 Praha 6
Tel: 2 20 30 40 50, 2 24 31
70 18 email: info@ini.cz
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