You should now be done with the Network configuration. Close it and follow whatever prompts you are given.
You will probably be told to do a reboot.
Check off Bring up Terminal Window After Dialing. Hit OK
Now, click on Server Type. See section below for adding SLIP/CSLIP support, if needed.
Enable Software Compression is checked. For SLIP/CSLIP, I have found
I get logged in faster if I uncheck the Log On To Network option.
Now click on the TCP/IP button. Fill it in with your IP address and
your providers address. If using mulitiple ISP's, fill in this
information for the particular ISP, whose connection profile, this
is.
When you login, after it dials up and connects, you will get a small
terminal window with Your Provider's familiar login and password prompts,
if you are not using a scripting program, such as the built in scripting
that comes with CD versions of Windows 95 or with MS Plus!.
You will have to hit OK to confirm this information, and then press F7.
If you filled out the TCP/IP options under Server Type, you should not
see this IP confirmation box.
Hopefully you are now able to login in to the Internet from Windows 95's built-in
SLIP/CSLIP/PPP support. Enjoy your surfing! You may find a program by
Mark Gamber, called RoboDUN, to be very helpful. It adds scripting, so that you can automate your logins.
Adding SLIP/CSLIP Support & Scripting
The support for SLIP/CSLIP connections does not show up automatically. You
will need to add this support, following the directions below. There is also
scripting support included. This is added when you add the slip support. This
scripting is also used for PPP connections. I do not believe this is
included in the floppy disk version of Windows 95. If you do not have these
files or directories, you will need to get the dscrpt.exe file, from Microsoft. This SLIP/CSLIP support and
Scripting ability is also included in the addon product for Windows 95, called MS
Plus!After you have completed all the other steps and rebooted:
- Open up the Add/Remove Programs icon.
- Select Have Disk.
- Select Browse. Choose your CD drive letter.
- Then choose \Admin\apptools\dscript.
- Highlight the Rnaplus.inf file.
- Hit OK until you see a program
selection for Slip & Scripting For Dial-Up Networking.
- Go to Properties for the Dial-Up Connection, for your Internet Provider.
- Select Server Type. You will now see a selection for SLIP.
- If you scroll up to the Contents of the list, you will also find CSLIP, which is SLIP with compression....most likely, what you will want!
- Keep in mind, if you installed this scripting ability, you must have a working script, to get a properly working connection!
- Due to the many variables involved in writing a
script for any particular ISP, I will leave this portion to you and the
help file included...read it! (Just remember to uncheck Bring Up
Terminal Window After Dialing).
Using Dynamic IP Addressing With PPP
For those of you, who use PPP but do not have a static IP address, this is how I get logged in with a dynamic IP address.
- Open the Networks Icon in the Control Panel.
- Highlight TCP/IP and select Properties.
- Go to the DNS Configuration tab.
- Fill in the Domain normally.
- If you have multiple ISP's, leave the Domain blank, and instead put this info under the Domain Suffix Search Order
- Under the DNS Server Search Order put in all DNS address's...for all ISP's, if you use more than one.
- Go to the IP Address Tab.
- Check off Obtain An Ip Address Automatically
- I have been told that for some systems, enterring 0.0.0.0 for the IP address and 255.255.255.40 for the Subnet Mask also works (I have not yet tried this).
- Go to your Connection Profile that you created from the Dial-Up Networking folder.
- Under Server Types, there is a button for TCP/IP. Fill in this section with your info...it will be the same info you used in the Networks, TCP/IP, DNS Configuration setup.
- With PPP this should be all you need to do. With SLIP/CSLIP, you will have to set up your script to obtain the IP address or fill in the popup dialog box, for a manual login.
- Note: When using Dynamic IP Addressing with
Winchat and/or making Connections to Windows 95 and NT
machines (see sections below), you may want to try using a WINS
server with/rather than a Lmhosts file. Check this Site for more information
about doing this.
Getting Rid Of The Network Neighborhood Icon
This is for stand alone computers, networked with SLIP or PPP, only!
- Install and Run the System Policy Editor.(Its under admin\apptools\poledit.)
- Select File|Open Registry
- Double-click on "Local User"
- Navigate the tree as follows: Local User > Shell > Restrictions
- Under the shell restrictions, set "Hide Network Neighborhood" so that it has a checkmark.
- Click OK
- File|Save the registry
Using WinChat over your Internet Connection
Thanks to Dan Bartley for these directions!
If you received your Windows 95 on CD, you should have a directory called \win95\other.
In it is a program called WinChat, which enables you to start chats with other Windows 95 users, through your Internet connection, without using IRC (Internet Replay Chat) servers.
Here is what to do:
- First, you must be running Netdde.exe to run this program. I suggest putting it into your Startup folder.
- Also, when properly setup, you do not have to be running winchat.exe to receive a chat call...it will start automatically when someone calls you.
- You will need to create a file called Lmhosts, in your Windows directory, if you are not already using one. In it, you need to list all of those people you will want to call to chat with.
- It's format is: ip.ip.ip.ip Computer Name
(this is the name that the individual assigned his computer during Network installation. You can check this by opening the Network icon in Control Panel, and going to the Identification tab.
- Use a seperate line for each entry....each person you intend to chat call.
- To enable the changes, either reboot the computer or shell to a prompt and run nbtstat -R (that must be a upper case R, as a lower case r is a different command switch)
- To add Winchat's sound events, here are the required entries for the Registry
- That is about all there is to it. Use Dial-Up to make your Internet connection and give it a whirl...Enjoy!
Logging Into A Windows 95 Or NT Machine, Via The Internet
Another fine assist, from Dan Bartley!
Machines using Dial Up Networking, can log into each other and NT servers, using their Internet connection. Here's how:
- You must have entries in your Lmhosts file, for any machine you want to log into. (see the Winchat section on instructions for setting up Lmhosts, or see the Lmhosts.sam file included, in your \windows directory)
- In the Server Types section of the Properties for your Dial Up Connection, you must have a check mark, next to Log On To Network
- The computer you will be loggin into, must have File And Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks installed, and have shared some resources...directories, drives, etc.
- Login to your Internet connection as you normally would.
- From any Explorer or My Computer window, click the Map Network Drive button. Alternately, right click the My Computer deskContents icon, and choose that menu item.
- A dialog box, showing your first available drive letter will pop up. On the Path: line, enter the information, for the computer, you want to log on to, in the format of \\ComputerName\SharedResourceName.
- If you only know the \\ComputerName, but not that of the shared resource, and you have the Network Nieborhood icon, on your deskContents (unhide it, if you have it hidden), you can instead, go to the Start Menu, choose Run and type in \\ComputerName. This will pop up a list of all shared resources on that computer.
- If you are going to share any of your resources, be sure to password protect them, to suit your needs. This is accomplished from the Sharing... dialog box.
- Try this one...Lmhosts entry: "198.105.232.1 FTP" (no quotes, a space between the IP and the Name) Map to: \\ftp\data (This will map Microsoft's FTP site)
Thanks to Barry A. Barr for providing the information on this page.
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