[P1] Mac OS 9.2.2

Wed Apr 7 18:40:57 PDT 2004

Hi:

Thanks, I'll give it a try.  Sorry I'm not so OS 9 savvy.  Guess I 
should look for some manuals .

David
On Apr 7, 2004, at 9:17 AM, Richard McKay wrote:

> Am 7/4/04 4:42 am schrieb "David Harris" unter
> <dmichaelharris at earthlink.net>:
>
>> I use a modem through the regular phone lines.  As for the TCP/IP, I 
>> am
>> not sure where I would find these.
>
> Apologies to the other listers for the length of this email...
>
> First the obvious, you do have a telephone cable connected to the 
> correct
> port on the iBook and wall socket? (the ethernet and telephone jacks 
> on the
> iBook can look the same at first glance!)
>
> That aside, excuse my ramblings but if I remember correctly you can 
> correct
> most connection errors by doing the following...
>
> There are really 4 control fields that affect if and how you get 
> online in
> OS 9. These are Internet, Remote Access, TCP/IP and Modem. They can 
> all be
> found by clicking on the apple menu in the menu bar at the top of the
> display.
>
> As you mention that you use a modem to get on the internet, you will 
> need
> the details for this from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or
> alternatively, if your other iBook with X is using the same modem 
> connection
> and ISP settings you want, you will only need to look in the System
> Preferences/Network icon (also available by going to the Apple menu at 
> the
> top of the display of the X machine.
>
> In OS 9, First go to the internet control panel and put in the details 
> from
> your ISP or X iBook if the same connection is used, for the different 
> tabs,
> such as what your email address and password are and what the pop and 
> smtp
> server names are if you are using a pop type account for example. At 
> the
> bottom of the web tab in internet control field check what web browser 
> is
> listed and ensure that this reflects your choice (i.e. Internet 
> Explorer).
>
> If it asks you to save the configuration changes say yes.
>
> Next go to the Remote access control field
>
> You will no doubt be using a registered user and need to put your ISP 
> user
> name and password here (user name is usually the first part of your 
> email
> address before the @ symbol) and type in the number of the ISP 
> telephone
> number that the modem is to dial.
>
> Then save these changes if need be and go to the modem control field, 
> pick
> the modem connection you are using such as 'modem connection' or 
> whatever is
> appropriate (doing this from memory), then in the field listing the 
> modem
> choose the one that you are using (i.e. For the iBook it will probably 
> be
> apple internal v.90 or something like this. Leave the button for 
> speaker set
> to on and choose between tone and impulse types depending on your
> connection. If you are unsure as to whether you need tone or impulse 
> try
> impulse first and if it doesn't work later try the tone setting.
>
> Save these settings if asked and then open the TCP/IP control field, 
> go to
> the connection pull down menu and choose PPP, then under the 
> configuration
> method choose PPP server, you will then only need to type in the 
> Dynamic
> Name Server (DNS) IP numbers that you get from your ISP or other iBook 
> and
> should look something like 123.45.678.9 (there are usually two, one is
> primary and a secondary, just type one and then press return and type 
> the
> other below it) The Domain name can be left blank if I remember 
> correctly
> but this might be supplied by your ISP as well (sometimes it is just 
> the
> later part of the ISP website, such as virgin.net
>
> Now save this if asked and you should be good to go.
>
> Simply type a website address in IE or other browser and the modem 
> should
> dial the number of your ISP and connect you (it may show a dialog box 
> and
> ask if this is okay to continue but again I am unsure as it has been a 
> while
> since using OS 9).
>
> That should get you online and allow you to surf. To use the email you 
> will
> need to put the account settings in the MS program you are using. 
> (either
> Entourage, Outlook or Outlook Express). But that is another email worth
> waiting for...let us know if you can get connected by using / altering 
> the
> above settings. There may be a few hitches still in detail points so 
> have
> patience, and let us know how you get on.
>
> BTW, there is an internet connection assistant in OS 9 that if you can 
> find
> may make all of the above settings easier and do them in one program by
> following the instructions...I can't remember where it is located but 
> you
> could try to search for this as well if the above seems daunting.
>
>
>> I bought this unit and
>> the previous setting and even the IE links were associated with the
>> United Kingdom.  Would that make a difference considering I live in 
>> the
>> United States?  I doubt it, but it was a thought.
>
> It will make a difference, but if you follow the above points and save 
> the
> settings it won't matter after that.
>
>> The mail program is MS Outlook on the iBook.  No luck there, either.
>> but I > Let me know if you can bring me some insight.
>
> This is good news actually, as it means that the settings above are 
> just not
> correct and once this is done your email should work as well (you may 
> have
> to make some settings there as well, but again more on that later, 
> first try
> to use the internet browser.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
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