Macintosh Software Configuration -- General

Determing the type of Networking Software present on your Mac

In order to determine the type of networking software that may be installed on you Mac, the first thing to do is to determine the version of the operating system. To do this, go to the Finder, then select About This Macintosh... from the Apple menu. A dialog will then appear listing the system software version. If you have anything earlier than System 7.5 you must use MacTCP.

If you have System 7.5 or later, you can use either MacTCP or OpenTransport. To determine which is installed, simply look at your control panels. If you see a MacTCP control panel, then you have MacTCP. If you see only a TCP/IP control panel, then you are using OpenTransport. If you don't see anything, then you will have to install one or the other of the above from your system floppies or CD-ROM.

What if I don't have MacTCP?

If you do not have a copy of MacTCP there is a copy avaliable on the Infobahn FTP site at ftp.icubed.com/pub/software/macintosh. The file to retrieve is MacTCP.hqx. (Beware that you will also need StuffIt Expander to open the archive). Once you have the file and have expanded it, simply drag it onto the system folder and release. The system software will then put MacTCP where it belongs. You will then need to restart your Mac to load the control panel.

Setting Up a Mac for use with Infobahn International

Before you can begin, you should obtain and install the following software (Assuming you don't have the Apple Internet Connection Kit -- which will install these automatically):

Once you have installed MacTCP and MacPPP or FreePPP you can begin configuration.

MacTCP Configuration

  1. Open the MacTCP control panel

  2. Click on the PPP icon, then on the More... button

  3. In the resulting screen, enter the following information:

    Gateway address 208.0.146.1
    DNS information icubed.com 208.0.145.7 (default/primary)
    icubed.com 208.0.145.2

  4. Select a server assigned IP address and select class C from the address type pull-down. (Do this last or you will not be able to enter the information above.)

  5. Click on "OK" to save changes. (In the main MacTCP screen you should see an IP address of 192.0.0.0. If not, click on "More..." again and check your settings.)

  6. Click on Go-away box for the main MacTCP control panel. (You may have to restart your Mac for changes to take effect)

TCP/IP Configuration:

  1. Open the TCP/IP control panel.

  2. Select "FreePPP" in the "Connect via:" pull-down list. If you do not see a choice for FreePPP, then you probably have not installed FreePPP yet. Please do so.

  3. Select "Using PPP server" from the "Configure" pull-down list.

  4. Enter the following DNS information:

    Name server addr: Search domains:
    208.0.145.2 icubed.com
    192.156.226.50 prep.net

  5. Click on the close box in the TCP/IP control panel. Click on "Save" when asked if you want to save the changes.

MacPPP/FreePPP Configuration:

  1. Open the control panels folder and look for the ConfigPPP control panel.

  2. Open the ConfigPPP control panel.

  3. Select appropriate serial port from Port Name pull-down menu.

  4. In the main screen, click on the "New..." button to create a new connection.

  5. Give this connection an appropriate name, then click on the "OK" button.

    In the main ConfigPPP screen, the new connection should be active.

  6. Click on the "Config..." button.

  7. In the screen that appears, select the port speed for your modem (We find that 19200 works well for 14.4 kbps modems and 38400 for 288. and 33.6 kbps modems). Leave flow control as None, select the appropriate dial type, enter the phone number and modem initialization string (We find that ATE1 V1 - the default for Hayes-compatible modems - works well).

  8. Click on the "Authentication..." button to enter login information. In the resulting screen enter the following:

      
    Auth. ID. Your Dial-in username
    Password Enter your Dial-in password
    Retries 1
    Timeout 10

    Click on the "OK" button to save your changes.

  9. Click on the "Done" button to save changes to PPP server.

You should now be able to click on the "Open" button and begin the dial-in process. If the "Open" button is not enabled (i.e. is gray), restart your Mac with extensions off (Hold down the Shift key when starting), then go into the system folder and put MacTCP DNR into the trash. Also, go into the system folder, open the preferences folder and put MacTCP prefs into the trash. Empty the trash and then restart the Mac. Open the MacTCP control panel again and make sure that PPP is highlighted. You should now be able to click on the "Open" button. (If this still does not work, open the MacTCP control panel, click on the LocalTalk icon, close the window and restart. Go back into MacTCP and click on the PPP icon -- you should now be able to dial in)

Other Important Information:

Once you have Netscape, you will need to set up the Netscape E-mail and News clients. Here's how to do it:
  1. Select "Mail and News Preferences" from the "Options" menu.

  2. Click on the "Servers" tab. Enter the following information:

    Outgoing (SMTP) mail server smtp.icubed.com
    Incoming (POP) mail server pop3.icubed.com
    POP3 account Your E-mail username
    News (NNTP) server news.icubed.com

  3. Click on the "Personal Information" tab. Enter the following:

    Real Name Your name
    Return Address Your E-mail address
    Reply-to-Address Your E-Mail address

  4. Click on the "OK" button to save the changes made above.

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