It is assumed you have a basic understanding of creating files and directories, deleting or renaming directories, following on screen instructional prompts. Commands on the Internet are case sensitive, use lowercase letters unless otherwise specified.
IMPORTANT: These instructions are for a "stand-alone" home type computer. If you are installing this to a computer which is a part of a network system, check for further instructions from your system administrator.
If you have upgraded to Windows 95 from a Windows 3.1 system, and previously used another dial-in program (like Chameleon) there may be some installation difficulties. Our customer service personnel can assist you.
There are numerous other utility programs that can enhance your internet use, such as mail clients for exchanging e-mail, news readers for reading Usenet news groups etc. Two excellent sources of these programs are http://www.cwsapps.com or http://www.tucows.com
- 1. Installing the Base Components
- You need the following protocol and adapter installed on your computer. If you are unsure, use the following 5 steps on the next page.
- Client for Microsoft Networks
- Dial-Up Adapter
- TCP/IP Protocol
- Your "My Computer" folder should include a "Dial-Up Networking" folder. If not, refer to your users manual for installation.
- Open (by double clicking) "My Computer" then double click "Control Panel" then double click "Network" folder.
- To install "Client for Microsoft Networks", press the "ADD" button. Then highlight "Client" and press "Add". Now highlight "Microsoft" from the left scroll box and "Client for Microsoft Networks" from the right scroll box. With these two items highlighted press the "OK" button.
- To install "TCP/IP", press the "ADD" button. Then highlight "Protocol" and press "Add". Now highlight "Microsoft" from the left scroll box and "TCP/IP" from the right scroll box. With these two items highlighted press the "OK" button.
- To install the "Dial-up Adapter", press the "ADD" button. Then highlight "Adapter" and press "Add". Now highlight "Microsoft" from the left scroll box (you have to scroll down several pages for this one) and "Dial-up Adapter" from the right scroll box. With these two items highlighted press the "OK" button.
- Now select the "OK" button at the bottom of the "Network" page to close the dialog box. Windows95 will prompt you for your installation disks or CD and then copy the appropriate files to your hard drive.
- Close the Control Panel Window by single clicking with the left mouse button on the "X" button in the upper right hand corner.
- Open "My Computer". Open the "Dial-Up Networking" folder by double clicking the left mouse button and double click on "Make New Connection". We suggest replacing "My Connection" with something like "NetSys" on the first line. Your modem should be displayed in the second box, if not, you need to go back to "Control Panel" "Modems" and install it. If necessary, refer to your user manuals.
- Now press "Configure", under the "General" tab, your port should be displayed, if available on your system, slide Speaker Volume to whatever suits you, and select your "Maximum Speed". If you're running a 28.8 modem, we suggest 57,600 to start. You can increase this value later. You may be running a 14.4 modem, Win95 will have set the speed it requires.
- Now press the "Connection" tab, leave the default settings. Be sure to Uncheck "Disconnect a call if idle" line. Now press the "Options" tab, check "Bring up Terminal window AFTER dialing" This is very important for manually logging in!
- You now need to setup your dial-up adapter properties. Using your right mouse button, click "NetSys" (or whatever you called your icon) and select "Properties"
- Server Type Options:
- Be sure the "Type of Dial-up Server" is "PPP, Windows95, NT, Internet"
- Advanced Options should only have "Enable software compression" checked.
- Only TCP/IP should be checked under "Allowed network protocols"
- TCP/IP Settings:
- "Server assigned IP Address" should be checked
- "Specify name server addresses" should be checked
- Primary DNS is 200.41.53.1
- Secondary DNS is 200.41.53.80
- UNCHECK"Use IP Header Compression"
- Check "Use default gateway on remote network"
- In "My Computer" double click the "Dial-up Networking" icon, then double click the NetSys (or the name you assigned the icon for your connection) and it will bring up a "Connect to" window. At this time it is not necessary to enter your password.
- Press "Return" to get the attention of our server (sometimes it takes more than once).
- At the Enter username> prompt enter your NetSys user name (lower case)
- At the Password> prompt enter your NetSys password. (the first one, not the password for mail, lower case) and press "ENTER"
- At the Keys: prompt select 7 for PPP, press "ENTER" (you will see some miscellaneous text scroll across the screen, this is OK) then press F7.
- If you have not done so a directory for downloaded files needs to be created. You may find detailed information on this process by following this link Creating Directories.
- If you have already installed the Microsoft Plus Pack skip step 2 & 3 as you already have the dialup scipting tool. You may verify this by following step 3 and seeing if you have the "Dial-up Scripting Tool". Otherwise you will want to download (NOTE Save the file "script.exe" into your download directory that you setup in step 1) Download Scripting tool from Microsoft.
- You need to execute the file "script.exe" to install the dialup scripting tool. If you need assistance on how to do this we have provided some notes to assist you here Running or executing a file or program.
- Download the script.zip file and save it in the download directory that you created in step 1.
- If you do not have a unzip utility or if you are unfamilar with unzipping a file follow this link to download and setup WinZip.
- Unzip the file ns95scp.scp into the \Program Files\Accessories\ .
- Click on Start (In the bottom left hand corner then select "Programs" then "Accessories" then "Dial-up Scripting Tool".
- Click (in the left window) on the Dial-up connection entry made under Windows95 (should be something like NetSys or My Connection).
- Click on Browse and select the netsys.scp file.
- Make sure that Step Through Script is unselected and that Start Terminal Screen Minimized is selected. (The later is personal preference, of course.)
- Click on "Properties" then "Connections" then "Options" then UNCHECK "Bring Up Terminal Window after Connection", click the OK Button, click OK again
- Click Apply, then Close.
- Now open "My Computer", then open "Dial-up Networking", then Double-click your "NetSys" or whatever you called your Dial-up connection.
- Now you need to enter your USER NAME and PASSWORD on the lines provided and check "SAVE PASSWORD".
- Select "Connect" and you're on your way.
- From your desktop, select the "Start" button from the taskbar, then select Programs, then the MS-DOS prompt icon.
- You will see a black window with the cursor blinking at C:\WINDOWS.
- Type cd.. <Enter>. This will change the prompt to C:\.
- At the C:\ prompt type mkdir downloads <Enter>. This will create a directory for you to place your downloaded file.
- This will bring you back to your C:\ prompt. Type in cd\downloads <Enter>, this will change your directory and the prompt will look like:
- To start your ftp download, starting from the C:\downloads>
- To change the directory to the location of the file you will download, at the ftp> prompt, type in the following:
- To view the directory at the ftp> prompt, type dir. This will display the contents of the directory, see below.
- At the ftp> prompt type bin . This will specify the type of transfer. This will display the message: "Type set to I"
- To start the transfer of the file, at the ftp> prompt type get n32e202.exe <Enter> This will begin the transfer a copy of the file to your C:\downloads directory. Depending upon the speed of your modem, this will take anywhere from 1 hour at (14.4) to 45 minutes at (28.8).
- When the file is finished, at the ftp> prompt, type quit <Enter>. This will return you to your C:\downloads directory. Type exit <Enter> to close the MS-DOS window.
- To install Netscape on your system: from the desktop select the "Start" button from the taskbar, then Settings, then Control Panel.
- Double click with the left mouse button, "Select Add/Remove Programs" icon.
- Choose Install, and Next, then select Browse. This will display a file window, select the C:\Downloads directory, the window will then show the file you downloaded. Select it and click OK. Follow the prompts to install the browser.
- After you have installed Netscape, if you are connected, simply double click the Netscape icon. You MUST have a connection with NetSys established to run Netscape, or any mail or news server type program.
Note: If you have not installed these items then continue with this section otherwise proceed to Section 2.
Do not Configure any of these devices at this level! All of these items are configured at another location for the purposes of dialing into NetSys
This will, when you are finished, create an Icon you will use to launch your dialer.
Now press "OK" which will bring you back to the "Make New Connections", then select "NEXT"
Area Code will be dependent on where you are dialing from, the local access phone number will be provided by your sales representative. Select "Next" to continue to the next page, then select "Finish" when it says "You have successfully created..."
With the left mouse button:
Uncheck "Use Country and Area Code"
Select "Server Types" which will bring up "Server types display"
This will now display the Icon you named for NetSys in order to launch your dialer.
Select "Connect", you will hear the dial tone, the modem dialing, and noise as it connects. After the connection is established, a black "Post-Dial Terminal Screen" will open, you are ready to log in.
"ENTER"
NOTE! The cursor will not move, and for security purposes, your password will not be displayed. Be careful to enter it correctly. A login menu will scroll by quickly.
Be warned that this process may be time consuming to complete, depending on your expierence level. We have attempted to break down the steps as detailed as possible to assist the brand new user.
If you are unfamilar with creating directories please make sure and read this document Creating Directories carefully. You may find it helpful to print it out as you will be creating directories for these programs. If you are new to Windows 95 or have a new setup please read the section on making all files available for viewing otherwise files are blocked from you seeing them on screen.
If you are unfamilar with a .zip file or do not have a utility that unzips files please read this document WinZip.
If you are new to Windows 95 or have a brand new install of Windows 95 take a look at the document Running or executing a file or program.
As you will be jumping to other sites while getting everything setup make use of the BACK Button in your browser to move to the previous page that you jumped from. Most browsers have this button in the top tool bar.
If you purchased your computer with Windows 95 or have Plus Pack already installed, you have a browser - Use it! To see if you have it, Click you start button, programs, accessories, internet tools. If you have it, Microsoft Internet Explorer will appear in the internet tools menu.
If you don't have a browser, you will need to download one. Once you are connected to NetSys as discussed above, you can download a browser like Netscape so you can browse the World Wide Web. To do this you will use FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
6. About FTP
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)- FTP enables you to connect to a remote computer and transfer files back and forth. It's really that simple. More data is transferred via plain old FTP than by any other method on the Internet, and its not surprising since it's a least-common denominator that almost every machine on the Internet supports.
In order to use FTP, you must be directly connected to the Internet. There are probably millions of files available via FTP on the Internet, although you may discover that many of them are duplicates because people tend to want to give users more than one way to retrieve a file. If a major file site goes down for a few days, it's nice to have a mirror site that has exactly the same files and can take up the slack. The vastness of the number of files stored on FTP sites may stun you, but you have access to a tool that helps bring FTP under control.
Anonymous FTP is a way for Internet users to log-on to remote computers that they do not have specific passwords to. Instead of typing in your username and password you type in the word "anonymous" for the username and your complete e-mail address (username@netsys.hn) for the password.
Remember that FTP is a very resource intensive operation (it uses a lot processor speed and bandwidth from the remote computer). Also, a system administrator does not have to let you on his computer system or network (this is why, as a courtesy, you should use your e-mail address - so they know who you are).
7. How to FTP and dowload Netscape:
NOTE: Ensure you have established a connection to NetSys using the previous "Logging In" instructions.
type: ftp ftp6.netscape.com. Then press "ENTER".
(There are several locations Netscape has made available as an anonymous login site, they are numbered 2-6, if one of the locations is busy, or does not appear to work, try another by replacing the 6 with another number.) Some text will appear with the cursor blinking.
A prompt for a "User" line will be displayed, type the word anonymous then press "ENTER"
You will be promted for a password, use your email address, example Your user name@netsys.hn then press "ENTER"
cd /pub/navigator/2.02/windows <Enter>
To view the modem transferring data: Go to the tool bar, next to the time display there will be an icon of a modem. When data is being transferred, the two lights will alternate from red to green. The speed of the blinking will be affected by the size of the data being transferred.
NOTE: The "Add/Remove Program Properties" window will appear. The "Install/Uninstall" tab needs to be selected.
Information on setting up your mail and news preferances can be located at the NetSys Home Page under "Starter Kit".