DodgeNet PPP Connection Instructions for Windows95
button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the Windows Setup tab, then click on the Communications option and press Details.... Make sure that the Dial-up Networking option is selected. If it is, go on to step 2. If it isn't, select it and click OK. Windows 95 will attempt to install the needed drivers, so make sure you've got your installation disks or CD handy! Now that Dial-up Networking is installed, you can proceed to step 2.
button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. You'll see a dialog box like this. Make sure the Configuration tab is selected. Both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP should be present (like in the picture), then you're ready to proceed to step 3.To add the Dial-Up Adapter, hit the Add... button, double-click Adapter, then scroll down the list until you can select Microsoft. Choose the Dial-Up Adapter and hit OK.
If you need to install TCP/IP, hit the Add... button, double-click Protocol, then select Microsoft, then TCP/IP, and hit OK.
Now your Network dialog box should contain both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP. Select the adapter, click Properties..., Bindings, and make sure the TCP/IP box is checked. You're now ready to proceed to step 3.
Click on the TCP/IP protocol to highlight it and press the Properties... button. You should get the TCP/IP Properties box.
There are six sections in this dialog box. We'll deal with them in order. In each case, you can click on the section title to get a picture of the dialog box with the correct options selected.
In the "DNS Server Search Order" section, put the DNS address, 207.177.78.10 and press the Add button.
In the "Domain Suffix Search Order" section, type in dodgenet.com and press the Add button.
When you're all done setting these options, press the OK button. Then press the OK button in the Network dialog box. Windows 95 will ask you to reboot. Press Yes and run to the fridge for a quick snack. You're almost done!
Type in "DodgeNet", "PPP Internet Access", "Internet Connection", or whatever you want to call the icon you're about to create (the title won't affect the type of connection). Your modem (which should have been configured when you installed Windows 95) should be shown in the "Select a modem:" area. Press the Configure button and you'll get a dialog box that looks like this.
In the "General" section, Crank up your modem speed to as fast as you think it will go. If you have a 14.4K modem, for example, make the maximum speed 57600. DO NOT, however, select "Only connect at this speed". This will let your modem adjust as the connection needs.
Don't worry about the "Connection" section, the defaults should be fine.
Next, select the "Options" section. Check the "Bring up terminal window after dialing" box, as shown in this picture. Now hit the OK button.
Click the Next > button in the Make New Connection wizard. Enter in the phone number, 573-3384. You don't need to put in an area code if it's a local call.
Press the Finish button and your icon will be created. Your Dial-Up Networking folder should now look something like this.
Press the "Server Type..." button. You'll get the Server Types dialog box. It should look like this. In the "Type of Dial-Up Server" section, press the down arrow to drop down the list box.. Choose PPP from the list box by clicking on it.
Make sure that "Log on to network" in the "Advanced options:" section is not checked (this makes for an easier inital install. You can check it off later when you want to try some of the more advanced peer to peer capabilities of Windows 95). "Enable software compression" should be checked. Also, make sure that TCP/IP in the "Allowed network protocols:" section is checked. All other selections should be unchecked if your computer is not connect to a local network.Then press the OK button.
Hit the OK button in the remaining dialog box, and you're almost ready to dial!
If you have Call Waiting, press the "Dial Properties..." button. The "Dialing Properties" dialog box looks like this. Check the "This location has call waiting" box and enter 70,,, (with three commas). This will disable it for this call only. Press OK and this setting will be saved. You need only do this the first time you dial DodgeNet.
Press the Connect button and your modem should start dialing. After a few rings, DodgeNet should answer. Once you dial in, a post-dial terminal window will appear after the handshaking signals are complete.
You will see DodgeNet's login information quickly scrolling by. Don't worry about it. It will stop and the "DodgeNet login:" prompt will appear. Enter your user name and press ENTER.
Enter your password at the "Password:" prompt (the characters you type will not be seen on the screen) and press ENTER.
Next you will see "Terminal type? [vt100]". Just press ENTER to continue.
Finally, at the "DodgeNet~:" prompt, enter "ppp" (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER.
You should get a message that says "Your IP address is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx". You are now connected. Press F7 or click the "Continue (F7)" button to remove the post-dial window.
If all went well, you'll see a "Connected to ..." dialog box like this one. If not, review the steps listed above. If you are still having problems, contact DodgeNet at 573-4192 (voice) or call your nearest Windows95 guru.
A sample DodgeNet script follows:
proc main
waitfor "ogin:"
transmit "yourloginname"
transmit "^M"
waitfor "assword:"
transmit "yourpassword"
transmit "^M"
waitfor "[vt100]"
transmit "^M"
waitfor "~:"
transmit "ppp^M"
endproc
Last Update - 7/13/96
