
                             Making the Internet Connect


      WINDOWS 95 TCP/IP INTERNET SETUP PROCEDURES
                             Copyright 1995 by Phil Leonard 


1. MODEMS PROPERTIES

This tutorial assumes you have Windows 95, a modem installed in 
your computer and that you already have an IAP (Internet Access 
Provider). You will have already received the necessary configuration 
settings from them and probably have connected successfully using 
another Winsock version. If your modem was installed when you 
installed Windows 95, the modem connections were already 
configured. You can verify this by selecting 
  Start  |  Settings | Control Panel |  Modems.   Double click on the 
modems icon. If you see your modem listed, then you do not need to 
configure a new modem. If you do not see a modem listed, you will be 
prompted to add one now. Windows 95 will automatically configure 
your modem when you select Next. 

2. ADDING TCP/IP

Before we continue adding a TCP/IP connection, we need to do a little 
housekeeping. When installing Windows 95, a Winsock.dll  was placed 
in your C:\Windows directory. Open Explorer: Start | Right mouse | 
Explore and confirm that the Winsock.dll is present in your 
C:\Windows directory and dated 7/11/95, 42KB in size.  If it is not 
there, look for a similarly named Winsock file which may have been 
renamed and restore it. Open Control Panel: Start | Settings | Control 
Panel. Double click on the Network Icon. Press the Add button. Select 
Protocol. Press the Add button. On the left of your screen select 
Microsoft, on the right of your screen select TCP/IP and then press 
OK.  You will be asked to provide your Windows 95 installation disks. 
When it is complete, restart your computer as requested.

3. ADD SLIP and SCRIPT

In the previous step we added PPP but did not add SLIP. This file can 
be found on the installation CD in the :\admin\apptools\dscript 
directory and is named rnaplus.inf. If you do not have the CD, you 
can download Dscrpt.exe (70394 8/22/95 Apptools: Slip and Scripting 
Utility)  free from ftp://ftp.microsoft.com.

To install, Select Control Panel:  Start | Settings | Control Panel. 
Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Select Windows Setup. Select 
Have Disk, Browse, and select rnaplus.inf from the CD.  On the CD 
find  CD:\admin\apptools\dscript\rnaplus.inf or from the file you 
downloaded from Microsoft.  Press OK, and OK again. You will now 
be presented with  a  check box for Slip and Scripting that you should 
select and install. 

4.  DIALUP AND EXCHANGE EMAIL INSTALLATION

Open Control Panel. (Start | Settings | Control Panel   Select 
Add/Remove Programs. Now select Windows Setup, then 
Communications, and press on the Details button below.
Check off Dialup Networking and select OK. Check off Microsoft 
Exchange and Select Apply. 

Insert the Windows 95 Start up CD when prompted and select OK. 
Windows 95 needs Win95_06.cab so if you have the floppy version, it 
will be disk number 6. Windows 95 will proceed to copy all of the 
necessary files required to configure your Dialup and E-Mail. When 
complete, restart your system as requested. 

Before the system restarts, it will request certain configuration 
information from you. It will ask if you have ever used MS Exchange 
before. Select the no option and press Next. 

It will then select three information services, MS Mail, Internet Mail 
and Compuserve Mail. Just select MS Mail and Internet Mail for now 
and press Next. You are required to provide a path for a Post Office. 
If you have never setup a Post Office, then just choose a directory or 
leave it where Windows 95 defaults to. This will configure without 
connecting to the server. Press the Next button and give your email 
address and password. 

If you do have a Post Office from a previous install, go ahead and use 
that.  But either way, just press next and we can configure a new Post 
Office setting in the next section of this tutorial.

You will be asked to provide the address of your IAP's (Internet 
Access Provider's) mail server. In most cases, this is the domain name 
prefaced with mail. For example, if the name of my IAP is 
compuserve.com, the mail address would be mail.compuserve.com. 

Next you will be asked if you want exchange to be configured off-line 
or on-line. For now, go ahead and select off-line, allowing you to open 
Exchange without dialing in. Press finish and restart your system 
now.

5. ADDING A POST OFFICE

To add a Post Office Directory to Windows 95, go into Control Panel:  
Start | Settings | Control Panel and double click on Microsoft Mail 
Postoffice. Press the Next button and select your preferred location to 
install your Postoffice. (I.E. C:\Windows). Press Next and you will be 
prompted to type in your name and password.  If you do not need a 
password here, just highlight the word PASSWORD and press delete 
and then press Next. This creates a new Postoffice and press OK. 

6. ADD NETWORK ADDRESS SETTINGS

In Control Panel:  Start | Settings | Control Panel double click on 
Network and select TCP/IP and then select Properties. If your IAP 
(Internet Access Provider)  automatically assigns IP Addresses 
(Dynamic PPP as opposed to a Static PPP) then you can leave this 
area blank. Otherwise, enter the IP addresses required. 

Select DNS Configuration and the Enable DNS radio button. Enter 
your UID (User Identification) in the host field. Enter your Internet 
Provider's address in the Domain field.

Then add the DNS Server address numbers in the DNS search order 
field as 123.123.123.123. You will have to get this information from 
your access provider.  Then press OK and OK again to finish.  

7. HOW TO ADD CONNECTIONS

Select  Start | Programs | Accessories | Dial Up Networking. Double 
click on Make A New Connection and create one now. Type in the 
name of the connection you would prefer. Select your modem and 
press Next. Enter the phone number of your Access Provider. Then 
press Next and Finish. If you'd like the number to re-dial, Select 
Connections and choose the re-dialing option. Re-start Windows 95 
for all settings to take affect. 

8. INSTALLING THE JUMPSTART KIT AND INTERNET EXPLORER

You will need to first download the Internet Explorer 2.0 beta from 
Microsoft at http://198.105.232.10/windows/ie/iexplorer.htm. The file 
you will retrieve is named msie20b.exe 1125KB 9/30/95. Not only does 
this file include the newest WWW browser for Windows 95 called the 
MS Internet Explorer, but it also includes the Internet E-Mail Jump 
start kit. 

Both of these programs are included on the PLUS! Pack, a retail add-
on to Windows 95. 

To install msie20b.exe, choose Start | Run and Browse. Once the 
program is installed and it finishes re-booting your system, double 
click on the Internet Icon on your desktop. The first question the 
Internet Wizard asks you is whether you will be using your provider 
or Microsoft's. 

Then it will ask whether you want exchange for your E-Mail client. Be 
sure to select this option. Follow the Wizard and supply all requested 
information and when you are done, the In-box on your desktop will 
be configured for Internet E-Mail and the Internet Icon will be 
configured as your Web Browser. Restart your computer at this point 
for all settings to take effect properly.

9. ADDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS PROVIDERS

You can add additional Access Providers by selecting Dial-Up 
Networking 
    Start Up | Programs | Accessories | Dial-Up Networking 

and double clicking on Make a New Connection. You can have 
separate DNS configurations for these additional Access Providers. 
Just select the Access Provider with your right mouse button and 
select properties on the chosen connection. 

Now select the button labeled Server Type. It is here where you have 
the option of changing your connection type. You can choose from 
PPP, SLIP, CSLIP or WFWG/NT.  When you push the TCP/IP 
button, you can individually configure each connection independently 
with it's own DNS settings. 

10. SCRIPTING

Windows 95 supports PAP or Password Authorization Protocol, SPAP 
the Shiva Password Authentication Protocol  and CHAP  the 
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. 

 A PPP server that does not support PAP or CHAP might require you 
to login manually.  For example, when connecting to CompuServe's 
PPP, you must first connect and then manually send GO PPPCONNECT. 

Included with Windows 95 is a scripting utility called the Dial-up 
Scripting Tool. You can find this in your accessories group. 
Start | Programs | Accessories | Dial-up Scripting Tool 

Included are a few sample scripts. One of which is for CompuServe. If 
you have already made a new connection for CompuServe, open the 
Dial-up Scripting Tool and highlight the CompuServe connection. 

Select browse and choose cis.scp. That's all there is to it. The next 
time you connect to CompuServe, you will be asked for your UID and 
PW and the script will run in the background and connect you to 
CompuServe's PPP automatically. 


11. EXCHANGE AND INTERNET E-MAIL

Exchange for E-Mail is missing many common features. For example, 
there's no spell checker, no reply quoting, no automatic signatures, 
and you can not configure the default font for reading mail.  But there 
are some fixes out there in third party land. Ben Goetter at 
http://www.halycon.com/goetter/widgets.htm has developed a small 
add-on called  Internet Idioms. This small utility provides built in 
signatures and adjustable fonts for reading mail.

Just decompress the files into your C:\Windows\System directory and 
double click on inetxidm.reg to automatically install it from Explorer. 


12. INTEGRATE WORD FOR WINDOWS 95 V7.0 AS WORDMAIL

Another way to enhance Exchange is to buy and install Microsoft 
Word For Windows 95 version 7.0. Once Word 7.0 is installed,  it 
automatically provides a spell checker to exchange. Word 7.0 also 
adds a new menu item to Exchange called WordMail Options. Here 
you can set WordMail as your default E-Mail editor.  With 
WordMail. Your Internet E-Mail can send and receive messages with 
other WordMail users and retain all of the RTF (Rich Text Format) 
formats associated with Word while utilizing MIME.

However, it is not necessary to limit your Internet E-Mail to other 
Word 7.0 users. You can still use WordMail with ASCII and take 
advantage of  it's Word processing power. There is a feature called 
auto-text which will automatically attach your signature, or any other 
text, whenever you open a new message for editing.  In Exchange, 
select Compose, then select WordMail Options, highlight Email, and 
select Edit. This will open Email.dot. To make  your signature 
automatic, type out the signature you want. Highlight the text and 
select from the menu Edit | Autotext and change the name to 
"signature" (no quotes) and make the autotext entry available to 
"documents based on email.dot", then press Add.  Now whenever you 
start a new Email message in Exchange, it will open WordMail with 
your signature attached.  

This makes for seamless Windows 95 TCP/IP integration with the 
Internet. Not only does the operating system dial in and connect to the 
Internet, but also adds a 32 bit browser for the World Wide Web. 
This means there is also a 32 bit Internet Mail program which can 
share addresses with your Word, Fax, and MS Mail Documents. In 
addition to these fairly robust Internet tools, Windows 95 does include 
elementary Telnet and FTP clients. You must add the shortcuts to 
C:\Windows\Telnet.exe and C:\Windows\Ftp.exe respectively. There 
are plenty of third party applications that will outperform these 
command line applications included free with Windows 95, but they 
will suffice if needed. 


Phil Leonard continues to "smack it out of the ballpark" with his in depth cookbook 
descriptions of built-inWindows95 tools. Phil is a regular WindoWatch contributor 
and can be reached by email at pleonard@cybercom.com
 

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