Macintosh Configuration
Mac 7.x (actually 7 thru 8.1)
Mac 8.x (above 8.1)
Configuring Network control panel for Modem Dialup
1. Go to the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, and choose Network.
2. Typically leave the settings to Automatic for the TCP/IP settings.
3. If you have a built-in modem. Set Configure to Internal Modem.
4. Under the TCP/IP tab, set the Configure: pop-up menu to "Using PPP".
5. In the Domain Name Servers and Search Domains fields blank. If you have problems trying to surf the internet, then contact us for current DNS entries.
6. Click the PPP tab.
7. In the Service Provider field enter "DFW Online".
8. Enter the telephone access number 817-886-0802 (or click here for other areas).
9. The Account Name is your User ID (the first part of your email before the @ sign).
10. Enter your password.
11. Click the button labeled "PPP Options". The default settings should work fine and are recommended. Verify that the checkbox next to Connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications is checked.
12. Verify that the default modem settings are correct under the Modem tab. If you are using the built-in modem, Modem: should be set to Apple Internal 56K Modem (v.90); Sound: should be set to On; Dialing: should be set to Tone; and Wait for dial tone before dialing should be checked.
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13. Network settings for each network interface can be set for each location. To change the order in which OS X looks for a valid net connection, choose Advanced from the Configure: pop-up menu. Disable ports that will not be used and set the order in which ports search (from the top down) for a connection by dragging the port to the desired position. Click the Save button.
Connecting to the Internet
There are two different ways to invoke the dialing process to establish a PPP connection. The preferred method is via the Internet Connect utility found in Applications . Internet Connect should be dragged to the dock for convenient access when connecting and disconnecting. Alternatively, if you checked the appropriate session option in the PPP tab above, the system should already be set up to automatically connect to the internet anytime an internet application is started. Thus, the two methods of connection are:
Method 1: Open Internet Connect, and click the Connect
button.
Method 2: Open an application that requires an internet connection (IE,
email, chat, etc.)
Hanging up
1. Open the Internet Connect utility if it is not already open in the background.
2. Click the Disconnect button. This should hang up your modem.
MAC 7.x
(7.0 thru 8.1)
Configuring Network control panel for Modem Dialup
You will need PPP software. Most pre-OS 8 Macintosh computers do not come with PPP software. One place you can opbtain free PPP software is from the FreePPP group. This software can be downloaded from the FreePPP group's website at http://www.rockstar.com/ppp.shtml. Download FreePPP 2.6 and follow the instructions. (You night need Stuffit Expander to uncompress the files, which can be found at http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_mac.html.)
1. Install the FreePPP software and restart your Macintosh.
2. Upon restart a window will open that includes the FreePPP Setup program. Double-click the FreePPP Setup icons to run this program. If the arrow in the upper-left hand corner points right, click it so that it now points down.
3. Click the tab labeled Accounts, click the Edit button, enter "DFW Online" in Accounts. Click directly on the pop-up menu labeled Connect
4. Enter your UserID in the box labeled Name and your password in the box labeled Password.
5. Click the Dialup tab. Enter the area code and phone number.
6. Click the Options tab. In the options menu enter "DFW" in the box labeled Domain Name. Leave blank the boxes labeled Primary and Secondary DNS. If you have problems trying to surf the internet, then contact us for current DNS entries.
7. Click the radio button labeled IP Address Assigned by PPP Server,
click OK, then click the arrow in the upper-left hand corner (which is pointing
down) so that it points right again. Choose "DFW Online" from the pop-up menu
labeled Connect To.
Connect to the Internet
1. Open the FreePPP Setup application, click the Connect button. The message should say Dialing. You may or may not hear your modem dialing.
2. After your modem connects to DFW Online, you should see "Authenticating", and then after authentication you should see your connection speed.
3. You may now start Internet Explorer, email or other Internet Application.
Mac 8.x
(above 8.1)
Configuring Network control panel for Modem Dialup
1. Open the Apple Menu, and choose "ControlPanels". Double-click "Remote Access Control Panel" icon. If the arrow in the upper-left hand corner points right...click it so that it points down. Click the radio button next to Registered User.
2. Enter your UserID in "Name" box your password "Password" box. Check the "Save Password" box if desired.
3. Enter the DFW Online access phone number in the box labeled Number. Next double-click the TCP/IP Control Panel and choose PPP from the "Connect" pull down menu.
4. Select "Using PPP Server" from the "Configure" pull down menu and verify that the Primary and Secondary DNS numbers in the box labeled "Name server Addr" are blank. If you have problems trying to surf the internet, then contact us for current DNS entries. Click the close box in the upper-right corner of the TCP/IP window.