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I wrote this to try to help people with the installation to the Internet.
It may have some errors, or omissions.
A lot of what's here is from the various installation instructions.
If there's parts that aren't clear, contact me, and I'll try to improve
the instructions.
======================================================================
List of programs needed to connect to the Internet with a PPP account:
=====================================================================
Program Where to get it
------- ---------------
1) AmiTCP-4.0 Aminet
2) PPP 1.45 Aminet
3) A Browser
-IBrowse http://omnipresence.conm/ibrowse/
Needs MUI 3.0
-AWeb Aminet
-Voyager Aminet
Needs MUI 3.3
-Amosaic-2.0-prerelease http://omnipresence.conm/amosaic/
Needs MUI (get 3.3)
4) A mail, and news reader.
-Thor (mail, and news) Aminet
-Elm (mail)
Requires inet_utilities
and AmiPOP Aminet
-Grn (news) Aminet
=====================================================================
what you need from your provider
=====================================================================
Your providers domain name
Your providers IP address
Your user name
Your password
=====================================================================
AmiTCP installation:
===================
Use the Install script.
Enter the following: (I've shown what I entered for an example)
Your user name for the default user name - gcaine
Yes for is your network connection dynamic.
You servers domain name for your domain name - cycor.ca
Select PPP for the internet interface type
Select PPP for the network interface to be used.
Enter 0.0.0.0 for the default IP address.
Enter your server's IP address for the destination address - 198.167.1.1
Enter a blank string for the Netmask.
Enter your server's IP for the IP address of the name servers - 198.167.1.1
Follow that with a blank line for the next name server.
Enter your servers domain name for the domain names to search - cycor.ca
Follow that with a blank line
Select "Yes" to have the User-startup script changed.
Select "Yes" to have Inetd to be started at the AmiTCP startup.
You will then be asked for a password for the user.
PPP 1.45 installation:
======================
Make a drawer called NetWorks in Devs:
Copy the ppp.device that's right for your system from PPP/devs to
Devs:NetWorks and rename it to PPP.device
Copy everything in PPP/bin to AmiTCP:bin
Make a drawer in Envarc: called Sana2
Create a file called ppp0.config and put this line in it.
serial.device 0 56700 0.0.0.0 7WIRE
Put the file ppp0.config in Envarc:sana2
Edit this with your user name, and replace AmiTCP:bin/startnet with it:
----------------------------Cut Startnet---------------------------
online devs:networks/ppp.device 0
; log in
echo
echo login: gcaine
AmiTCP:bin/login -f gcaine
AmiTCP:bin/umask 022
AmiTCP:AmiTCP
WaitForPort AMITCP
; Configure loop-back device
AmiTCP:bin/ifconfig lo0 localhost
; Configure ppp0
AmiTCP:bin/ifconfig ppp0 $ppp0iplocal $ppp0ipremote
; Add route to this host
AmiTCP:bin/route add $ppp0iplocal localhost
AmiTCP:bin/route add default $ppp0ipremote
setenv HOSTNAME `AmiTCP:bin/hostname`
Assign TCP: Exists > NIL:
IF Warn
Mount TCP: from AmiTCP:devs/Inet-Mountlist
EndIf
; Start the internet `super server'
run AmiTCP:bin/inetd
------------------------------End Cut Startnet---------------------
Add this line to the end of AmiTCP:bin/Stopnet
Offline ppp.device 0
Add this line to the end of AminTCP:db/interfaces
ppp0 DEV=Devs:NetWorks/ppp.device UNIT=0 IPTYPE=33 NOARP P2P
IBrowse installation:
=====================
Install MUI with the Installer script.
Dearchive it, and read the readme file. (Very easy)
Voyager installation:
=====================
Install MUI with the Installer script.
Use the installer script.
AWev installation:
==================
Use the installer script.
Amosaic installation:
=====================
Install MUI with the Installer script.
Copy the contents of Amosaic/envarc to envarc:
Copy the contents Amosaic/Rexx to Rexx:
Put this in s:user-startup:
-----------------------------cut user-startup-----------------
;BEGIN mosaic
assign Mosaic: amitcp:inet/Amosaic20 (put the proper path here)
Setenv NNTPSERVER 198.167.1.1 (put your own servers IP here)
;END mosaic
------------------------------end cut user-startup------------
Edit envarc:mosaic/prefs so its like this:
__________________________cut mosaic prefs-------------------
DelayImageLoads true
ImageCacheSize 500
RexxMacro1 Add to Hotlist | add-hotlist
RexxMacro2 Jump to Hotlist | "'jump url file://localhost/env:Mosaic/hotlist.html'"
HomeDocument http://www.cycor.ca/
TempDir Ram:t/ <------------------- the slash is manditory
Home AmiTCP:/ <------------------- ditto
DownLoadDir AmiTCP:downloads
------------------------end cut mosaic prefs---------------------
Edit the home HomeDocument part to go where ever you want.
==================================================================
==================================================================
After you have done everything we've discussed so far:
- Open your Term program.
- type AT&d0 (DTR over ride)
- call your service provider, and log in.
- When you start to see what looks like a bunch of garbage, save your
buffer, and quit the term program.
- From a shell type startnet<enter>
if all goes well you should see a window open, asking for your password.
enter it. The Amitcp register requester will come up. You can close it
after a few moments. Then you should see PPP getting set up.
- Click the Amosaic Icon, and see if you get anywhere.
* Note *
You must have the baud rate set the same in both your
Term program, and in ppp0.config
After you've had a chance to look around the net for a bit, type
stopnet<enter> from a shell to quit.
Open the buffer file you saved from your term program, and use it to
create a dialscript for PPP.
Here a copy of mine:
-------------------------cut s:dialscript-------------------------
ECHO ON
TIMEOUT 1500
REDIAL "BUSY"
SEND "AAT&d0DT2424828"
WAIT "Enter choice: "
SEND "3"
WAIT "Username: "
SEND "gcaine"
WAIT "Password: "
SEND "mypassword"
WAIT "Switching to PPP."
-------------------------end cut s:dialscript----------------------
Change envarc:sana2/ppp0.config to this:
serial.device 0 57600 0.0.0.0 7WIRE DIALSCRIPT=s:dialscript
Now all you have to do to connect is type startnet from the shell.
Thor Installation:
==================
Use the installtion script.
Here's what I did after I installed Thor.
----------------------------------------
System Config:
- I created a system called Gary.
- I put my user name in the "Mailpacket (w/o ext.)" field.
- I selected TCP for the Type.
- I clicked the "User Info ..." button and entered my user name, and
email address.
- I clicked the "Type Options ..." button and put my server's IP number
in the mail server, and news server fields. I entered my user name,
and password, and clicked on the "Delete mail from POP server" button.
- I left everything else in the system config as it was, and saved it.
Conference Config:
-I Clicked "User Info" and entered my email address
Global Config:
Message Options:
- I entered an external editor. (right now I have GED SCREEN Thor.1)
If you use an editor that you can't open on a public screen then
change the tool types in the Thor Icon to make it open on the WB.
- put my signature in the "Signature" field, and selected "Use String"
Global Paths:
- "Save Dir" Work:AmiTCP-4.0/Archive/Text
- "Download Dir" Work:AmiTCP-4.0/Mail
- "Upload Dir" Work:Amitcp-4.0/MailSpool
- "Arexx Dir" S:
- "Tmp Dir" T:
- "Dos Output" Con:0/11/640/200/Thor<->Dos 0
Everything else I left alone.
I added this to the top of my startnet script:
SetEnv USERNAME gcaine
SetEnv HOSTNAME cycor.ca
SetEnv SOCKETCONFIG "UID=100 GID=100 USER=gcaine DOMAIN=cycor.ca UMASK=002"
You will have to change it to match your system.
Make sure you put the socket.library in the AmiTCP:libs drawer.
I created two more systems, one each for my wife, and daughter.
To Join conferences you have to go to the "Events" menus and select
"Get ConfList". The next time you call your server, select "Connect Thor"
from the menus, and then click on "Do Events" or "Do All". A list of
available conferences will be downloaded, and then you can join the ones
you want.
======================================================================
I don't know if this is the most effecient way to get set up, but it
got me going.
I hope this helps, send me email to let me know how it works out. :)