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• Step-by-Step Internet
• MacTCP 2.0.6
• Install MacTCP
• Configure MacTCP
• MacPPP 2.0.1
• Install MacPPP
• Configure MacPPP
• Establish an Internet Connection
• Close the Internet Connection
• InterSLIP 1.0.1
• Install InterSLIP
• Configure InterSLIP
• Establish an Internet Connection
• Close the Internet Connection
• Internet Config
• Configure Internet Config
• Eudora 1.5.1
• Launch and Configure Eudora
• Compose and Send an Email Message to President Clinton
• Subscribe to the TidBITS Mailing List
• Read, Reply to, and Delete an Email Message
• NewsWatcher 2.0b24
• Launch and Configure NewsWatcher
• Create a Personalized Subscription List and Subscribe to Several Newsgroups
• Read Articles in a Subscribed Newsgroup
• Post an Article
• Anarchie 1.5
• Launch and Configure Anarchie
• Connect to a Site and Retrieve a File
• Use a Bookmark to Retrieve a File
• MacWeb 1.00A3.2
• Launch and Configure MacWeb
• Browse the Web
• Visit a Specific Web Site
• Use the Hotlist
• This Is Only the Beginning

Quick Reminder: InterSLIP consists of an application called InterSLIP Setup and an extension called InterSLIP (a control panel called InterSLIP Control is necessary only for System 6 users). InterSLIP uses your modem to establish a connection to a SLIP account over which MacTCP-based programs can work.

Tasks:

1. Install InterSLIP

2. Configure InterSLIP for your provider

3. Establish an Internet connection

4. Close the Internet connection

   Note: If you install InterSLIP using the ISKM Installer, you do not need to follow the directions here for installing InterSLIP. These directions are for people who retrieve a fresh copy of InterSLIP from a different source.

1. Restart your Macintosh with extensions off. That is, restart your Mac while pressing the Shift key. Keep the Shift key pressed down until you see a message telling you that your extensions are off. The message should appear about a third of the way into the startup process.

2. Double-click the InterSLIP Installer icon.

   InterSLIP's installer launches and the About This Installer window appears.

3. Click the Continue button.

   Another dialog appears (see figure 29.12).

   Figure 29.12: Installing InterSLIP.

4. Click the Install button at the lower right.

   A dialog appears, reminding you that you will need to restart your Mac after the installation finishes.

5. Click the Yes button.

   You'll see a dialog giving messages about the installation's progress, and then you'll get a message asking you to restart your Macintosh.

6. Click the Restart button.

   Your Macintosh restarts with the different parts of InterSLIP installed in the correct folders.

1. Locate InterSLIP Setup. If you installed InterSLIP from the Starter Kit disk, look in the ISKM3 Folder, in the InterSLIP folder. If you installed InterSLIP from the InterSLIP Installer, look in your Apple menu.

2. Double-click the InterSLIP Setup icon or choose InterSLIP Setup from the Apple menu.

   The InterSLIP window appears (see figure 29.13).

   Figure 29.13: InterSLIP setup.

3. From the File menu, choose New.

   A dialog appears (see figure 29.14).

   Figure 29.14: Naming your configuration.

4. In the dialog, enter a name for your new configuration. You might give it the name of your provider. Click the OK button when you finish.

   The InterSLIP window should now list the name of the configuration you created.

5. Double-click the name of your new configuration.

   InterSLIP brings up a configuration dialog for the configuration you just double-clicked (see figure 29.15).

   Figure 29.15: Configuring InterSLIP.

   Note: These directions include specific information for Northwest Nexus, but if Northwest Nexus is not your provider and your provider gives you different information, you must use the information from your provider -- just follow along and insert the information from your provider in the appropriate places.

6. From the Serial Port pop-up menu, choose Modem Port.

7. From the Baud Rate pop-up menu, choose 19200, unless you have a 28.8 Kbps modem. If you have a 28.8 Kbps modem, choose 38400. If you aren't sure what kind of modem you have, 19200 is a safe choice.

8. From the Data Bits pop-up menu, choose 8.

9. From the Stop Bits pop-up menu, choose 1.

10. From the Parity pop-up menu, choose None.

11. Turn on the Hardware Handshaking checkbox.

12. Turn on the Speaker on while dialing checkbox.

13. From the Dial Script pop-up menu, choose Hayes-Compatible Modem.

14. From the Dial pop-up menu, choose Tone (or, if you have pulse service, choose Pulse).

15. In the Phone No. field, type the phone number you use to call your provider. If you must use any specific prefixes, such as 9, to dial out, add them here: 9,1-206-455-8455.

    Note: The comma in the phone number above tells the modem to pause for two seconds before dialing the rest of the number. You can insert multiple commas to use additional two-second pauses.

16. In the Modem Init field, enter AT&F1 if you use a SupraFAXModem or Global Village TelePort or PowerPort modem. For other modem types, check your modem manual for the appropriate factory default string. Make sure that string turns off XON/XOFF flow control.

17. From the Gateway pop-up menu, choose Simple UNIX/Telebit. Your provider may give you a different gateway script that, when properly installed in the Gateway Scripts folder, also shows in the Gateway pop-up menu.

18. In the User name field, enter your username, making sure to enter it exactly as your provider gave it to you, probably in all lowercase.

19. Turn off the Prompt for password at connect time checkbox and enter your password into the Password field.

20. Leave the IP Address field blank.

21. In the Nameserver field, enter your name server (get this information from your provider).

22. Turn on the RFC 1144 TCP Header Compression checkbox.

23. In the MTU Size field, enter 1006.

24. When you're finished, check your dialog carefully to make sure it is filled out correctly and that everything matches the instructions here and the information from your provider. When you are ready, click the OK button.

1. If the InterSLIP window is not open, launch InterSLIP Setup.

2. Click the Connect button.

   InterSLIP Setup dials the modem and sends your username and password. Eventually, the status message in the upper right should say (see figure 29.16).

   Figure 29.16: Connected.

   You should now be able to run MacTCP-based applications such as Anarchie and MacWeb.

1. Quit any MacTCP-based applications other than Eudora that are running.

2. If it's not already open, open the InterSLIP window.

3. Click the Disconnect button.

   InterSLIP disconnects from the Internet and hangs up your modem.

   Congratulations! You've successfully installed and configured InterSLIP, established a connection to the Internet, and closed that connection. If anything went wrong during this process, reread the sections about InterSLIP and troubleshooting in chapter 19, "SLIP," and chapter 20, "Troubleshooting Your Connection."

Quick Reminder: Internet Config is a program that helps you configure MacTCP applications. You enter configuration information in Internet Config once, and then any MacTCP application that knows about Internet Config automatically uses the information in Internet Config. Of the programs mentioned in this chapter, Internet Config works with NewsWatcher, and Anarchie.

Tasks:

1. Configure Internet Config

1. Double-click the Internet Config icon.

   Internet Config launches. If this is the first time you have launched Internet Config, it prompts you to install the Internet Config extension. Click the OK button to install it.

   Next, Internet Config shows the Internet Preferences window (see figure 29.17). If for some reason you don't see the Internet Preferences window, choose Open Internet Preferences from the File menu.

   Figure 29.17: Internet Preferences window.

2. In the Internet Preferences window, click the Personal tile.

   The Personal window opens (see figure 29.18).

   Figure 29.18: Setting personal preferences.

3. In the Personal window, fill in your name and organization. Leave the > character in the Quote String field. When you finish, click the close box at the upper left of the window.

   Note: For more help with any Internet Config dialog, turn on balloon help (from the Help menu at the upper right of the menu bar) and point at the item you want help with.

4. Back in the Internet Preferences dialog, click the Email tile.

   The Email window opens (see figure 29.19).

   Figure 29.19: Setting email preferences.

5. Fill in the Email Address field with the email address given to you by your provider. Be careful to use all lowercase.

6. Press Tab or click in the Mail Account field. Type your mail account, using information your provider gave you. If you have a POP account, use your POP account in the Mail Account field. Be certain to use all lowercase unless your provider explicitly gave you a mixed-case username.

7. Press Tab or click in the Mail Password field. Enter your password, being careful to enter it exactly as your provider gave it to you.

8. Press Tab or click in the SMTP Host field. Type your SMTP host, using the name your provider gave you. (If your provider gave you information about an SMTP server, note that an SMTP server is the same thing as an SMTP host.)

   Note: Figure 29.19 shows my information, and yours is definitely different. Also, some providers provide different passwords for different things; be sure to put your email password in the Mail Password field.

9. When you finish filling in the first four fields in the Email window, click the close box at the upper left of the window.

10. You should be back at the Internet Preferences window. Click the News tile.

    As you probably expect, the News window opens (see figure 29.20).

    Figure 29.20: Setting news preferences.

11. In the News window, fill in the NNTP Host field using information from your provider. If your provider is Northwest Nexus, enter news.halcyon.com, as I did in figure 29.20.

12. Press Tab or click in the News Username field. Enter your news username, which is usually the same as your email username.

13. Press Tab or click in the News Password field. Enter your news password, which is probably the same as your email password.

14. Click the close box at the upper left of the window.

15. From the File menu, choose Save.

    A Save dialog box appears, and it shows that if you click the Save button, you will save a file called Internet Preferences in your Preferences folder.

16. Do not change the default name or folder. Do click the Save button.

17. From the File menu, choose Quit.

    You have finished the basics of setting up Internet Config. When you launched Internet Config back in step one, the program installed an Internet Config extension and an Internet Preferences file. You can also customize the settings in the remaining Internet Config tiles, but it's not necessary at this time.