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Internet Setup Assistant For Macintosh

The internet setup assistant is a "wizard" that walks you through the setup of an internet connection on your Macintosh. This program can be found in your Macintosh hard disk in the "assistants" folder on new Macintoshes (as shown below). You may need to click the little arrow to the left of the assistants folder so that it points downward to show you this program.

Once you've opened this assistant, you will see the following window. Click the "yes" button to start the setup process. If you can't find the internet setup assistant then don't worry. Just click here if you can't find the assistant. Otherwise, continue below.

You probably already have an internet account. If not, call your ISP to set it up and tell them that you need to setup your Macintosh. You don't really need a tech to help you with this easy program in most cases. You will need the following info: (1) Your local dial-up number for your ISP. (2) Your username. (3) Your password. (4) Your "DNS numbers." <Don't worry. We'll explain them later.> (5) Your "mail server addresses." You might also need a "proxy address" depending on your ISP.

Once you have that info ready, click the "yes" button in the following window to setup your internet connection.

Don't worry too much about the following window. Most ISPs don't require all of the additional information covered in there. Just click the little arrow to the right of the "1" in the lower right corner to get started.

We recommend naming the internet connection after your username that you use to connect to your ISP. You are probably using a modem connection through a telephone line in your home. Corporate workplaces often use network connections but they also have network engineers to set that up for you. Click the arrow to the right of the "2" to continue.

Select your modem by clicking on the little up/down arrows. If you have an internal modem located inside your computer, it will usually be a Global Village or an Apple Internal 56k modem. The port is usually the "internal modem" port if your modem is inside your computer and "external modem port" if the modem is outside of your computer. You probably have a phone line that uses the "tone" option. It's fairly rare for people to want the "ignore dial tone" option so don't choose that unless you are sure that you are an exception. Click the arrow to the right of the "3" when you are ready.

This is where you put in the phone number that you use to connect to your ISP. You can put *70, (including the asterisk * and the comma) in front of the phone number to disable call waiting. Only do this if the phone line to your computer has call waiting. If you have a second dedicated phone line for the computer then it is pretty unusual for that second line to have call waiting even if your regular phone line has that. You might also need to put a 9, (including the comma which is important) to access an outside line. This is most common in corporate phone systems and hotels. Most homes don't require that.

You also need to put in the login name that you use to connect to your ISP. It is probably cASe seNsITivE so be careful to get the capitalization correct. Most ISPs also require you to put @ispname.com on the end of the username to make sure that you route to the right place. Once you've done that, put in your password in the last box. That password is also CAse sENSitIve so make sure that you don't have your "caps lock" on.

Click the little arrow to the right of the "4" in the lower right corner to continue from here.

It is pretty rare for an ISP to require a "PPP connect script" and they will definitely let you know if you need that. You probably don't need that script so select "no" and then click the arrow to the right of the "5" in the lower right hand corner to continue.

You probably don't have a dedicated IP address for your internet connection. Only computer professionals get that sort of thing which always costs extra. Unless you are sure that you are paying for a dedicated IP address, select "no" and then click the arrow to the right of the "6" to continue.

This is where you put in your "DNS numbers." Don't worry about understanding what that is. Just make sure that you put in that info as shown in the box below. You get these numbers from your ISP and they will look something like 209.210.176.8 with no spaces. There should be a second number such as 209.210.176.9. Leave the bottom box blank where it talks about a "domain name" and then click the arrow to the right of the "7" to continue.

Put your full e-mail address in the top box. Be careful not to put any extra spaces in there. Put your e-mail password in the second box. Note: This password may differ from your general logon password. Click the arrow to the right of the "8" to continue.

Even though you might not ordinarily add the extra "mail" part in your e-mail address, you need to put in your e-mail address in this format in the top box below: yourname@MAIL.ispname.com. The second box will usually be something like mail.ispname.com but some ISPs use smtp.ispname.com for the second box. Contact your ISP if the standard versions don't work. Click the arrow to the right of the "9" when you are finished.

Your news server address will probably be something like news.ispname.com.

It is very rare for an ISP to offer proxy filtering for e-mail. Even if your ISP does proxy filtering for internet surfing, you are 99.9% likely to need to choose "no" in the following window. Click the arrow to the right of the "11" when you have done so.

If your ISP does smut filtering to prevent your kids from being exposed to adult content then you might need to put a checkmark in the box to the left of HTTP. (Just click the box and your Macintosh will put in the checkmark.) You will need to contact your ISP to see if you need a "proxy address" and to get that address so that you can plug it in here.

The host box will probably be something like 209.210.176.44 and the port box will be something like 8888. If you know what "LDS" stands for then you probably will use an LDS standard address at 216.126.204.21 port 8303. Don't put checkmarks or addresses in the other boxes (such as gopher, ftp or socks) because that will cause problems. Click the arrow to the right of the "12" to continue.

You are almost finished. You can click the "show details" button to see the final settings. Put a checkmark in the box to the left of "connect when finished" by clicking on that box and then click the "go ahead" button to connect to the internet. If you get any errors when connecting then write them down and call your ISP tech support group.

Last Update: Friday, May 04, 2001