Windows 3.1 and Netscape Navigator Configuration

This section will lead you through the process of downloading and installing the software that you will need to open a dial-up connection to Infobahn International, Inc. (III) We assume that the only piece of telecommunications software you have installed initially is Windows Terminal. This document will cover the following:

Are you scared by the amount of information here? If so, you needn't be -- for the most part, things are very simple and straightforward.

Setting up a Windows Terminal connection to III

  1. In the "Program Manager", open the "Accessories" program group.

  2. Double-click on "Terminal" to start the program.

  3. Select "Communications" from the "Settings" menu.

  4. In the "Communications" screen, select the highest "Baud Rate" that most closely matches your modem (for 14.4 kbps and greater, select 19200). Select the "Connector" (Com Port) where your modem is installed. (If you're not sure which Com port your modem is on start with Com2). Click on the "OK" button to save the changes.

  5. To test your modem, type "AT" then press enter on the main screen. If you see a reply of "OK" then you have found you modem. If not, go back to the previous step and try a different Com port.

  6. Select "Phone Number" from the "Settings" menu.

  7. Enter the phone number to dial in the "Settings" screen (Also enter "*70" before the phone number to turn off call waiting [touch-tone phone, for pulse enter "1170,"). Click on the "OK" button to save the changes.

  8. Select "Binary Transfers" from the "Settings" menu.

  9. Click on "Kermit" and then on the "OK" button in the "Binary Transfers" screen.

  10. If you have a pulse phone, then you need to select "Modem Commands" from the "Settings" menu, then change the "Dial Prefix" to "ATDP". Finally, click on the "OK" button to save the changes.

  11. Select "Terminal Preferences" from the "Settings" menu.

  12. In the "Terminal Preferences" screen make sure that the option "Use Function, Arrow, and Ctrl keys for Windows is NOT checked. Click on the "OK" button to save your changes.

  13. Select "Save As..." from the "File" menu. Give your connection a name like "infobahn.trm", then click on the "OK" button.

Opening a connection to III

  1. Assuming that Terminal is still running, simply select "Dial" from the "Phone" menu. (If not, start Terminal, then open the terminal file created above.)

  2. After a few seconds you should see a prompt like "Welcome to Infobahn...". At this point, enter your E-mail username, preceded by a "t" (i.e. if your e-mail username were "smith", enter "tsmith") and press "Enter".

  3. When prompted for a password, enter your Dial-in password and press "Enter".

  4. You will now be prompted with "Login:". Enter your E-mail username and press "Enter".

  5. When prompted for a password, enter your e-mail password and Press "Enter".

  6. After a few seconds you should see our welcome screen. If not you will have to repeat the previous two steps.

Downloading files using Kermit

  1. Open a connection to III as described above.

  2. Type the number of the Kermit choice on the main menu (4), then press "Enter".

  3. Read the instructions given, then press "Enter" to continue.

  4. Type set file type binary, then press "Enter".

  5. To retrieve a copy of PKUnzip (if you don't already have this -- if so skip this step and the following), type send /ftp/pub/software/win31x/pkunzip.exe c:\dos\pkunzip.exe, then press "Enter". You will then be prompted to "Give the receive command in your local kermit".

  6. In Terminal, Select "Receive Binary File" from the "Transfer" menu. You should then see some kind of indicator showing how much of the file has been downloaded.

  7. To retrieve the basic set of Infobahn software (in a .zip file), type send /ftp/pub/software/win31x/infobahn.zip c:\infobahn.zip, then press "Enter". You will then be prompted to "Give the receive command in your local kermit".

  8. In Terminal, Select "Receive Binary File" from the "Transfer" menu. You should then see some kind of indicator showing how much of the file has been downloaded. (This file is approximately 650 KB and will take 10 to 15 minutes to download with a 28.8 kbps modem.)

  9. Once this file transfer is complete, exit Kermit (type quit, then press "Enter").

  10. Log out of the server by entering the choice to Log out (15), then pressing "Enter".

  11. Confirm your logout (Press "Y", then "Enter").

  12. Hang up the phone by selecting "Hangup" from the "Phone" menu in Terminal.

  13. Exit Windows Terminal.

Installing the basic software packages

  1. Expand the Infobahn software archive. To do this, start an MS-DOS prompt and then type the following pkzunip -d infobahn.zip. Press "Enter" to run the command. As the archive is expanded several directories and subdirectories will be set up on your hard disk.

  2. In the Program Manager, select "Run" from the "File" menu. Enter C:\infobahn\install.bat as "Command line", then click on the "OK" button.

  3. Create a Program Manager group for the Infobahn software. To do this, go to the Program Manager, then select "New" from the "File" menu. When the "New Program Object" screen appears, click on "Program Group" and then on the "OK" button. When the "Program Group Properties" screen appears, enter "Internet Programs" for "Description and "C:\windows\internet.grp" for the "Group File". Click on the "OK" button to continue.

  4. If you go back to the Program Manager, you should see an window called "Internet Programs". Within this window, you should see icons for 5 programs (Trumpet Winsock, Trumpet Ping, Trumpet Telnet, Eudora Lite and WS-FTP). If this is the case, proceed to the next section.

Configuring Trumpet Winsock

  1. Start Trumpet Windock (Go to the "Internet Programs" group, then double-click on the "Trumpet Winsock" icon.)

  2. Select "Setup" from the "File" menu. This will bring up the "Network Configuration" screen. Most of the information necessary will already be in place. The settings you should see are:

  3. Make sure that the box next to "Internal PPP" is checked.

  4. You now need to select the "SLIP Port" used by your modem. Enter the number here that corresponds to your modem's COM port (i.e. If your modem uses COM2, enter 2 for the "SLIP Port").

  5. Enter the "Baud Rate" for your modem. (We find that 38400 works well with 14.4 kbps modems and that 57600 works well with 28.8 and 33.6 kbps modems).

  6. Make sure that the checkboxes next to "Hardware Handshake" and "Van Jacobson CSLIP Compression" are checked.

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

  8. Click on the "OK" button to acknowledge that you must restart Winsock before your changes will take effect.

  9. Exit Trumpet Winsock (Select "Exit" from the "File" menu).

Editing your Winsock login script

  1. Start Trumpet Winsock.

  2. Select "Edit Scripts" from the "Dialler" menu.

  3. When the "File Open" dialog appears, double-click on the file "login.cmd". This will have the effect of opening a Windows Notepad containing the contents of the file "login.cmd".

  4. Scroll down until you see a line like $username = "xxxx". Replace the xxxx with your dial-in username.

  5. In the next line ($password = "yyyy"), replace the yyyy with your dial-in password.

  6. In the next line ($phonenum = "atdt2026100"), replace 2026100 with the phone number that is a local call for you. You may also need to precede the number with the appropriate codes to turn off call-waiting or to get an outside line.

  7. Save the changes to your file and then exit Notepad.

  8. Switch back to Trumpet Winsock.

  9. Select "Options" from the "Dialler" menu.

  10. When the "Dialler Options" screen appears, click on "Automatic login and logout on demand" and then on the "OK" button. (This will make if possible to Winsock to automatically open a connection whenever you run another Windows Internet program, like Eudora, Trumpet Telnet or Netscape Navigator.

You should now be ready to try to log into Infobahn International, Inc. To do so, select "Login" from the "Dialler" menu. Your phone should dial and be answered on our end. After a few seconds the line will go quiet and you should see some information scroll up the screen. If you proceed to the bottom you will see a line like "Your IP address is: 208.0.145.xxx". If you do, then your connection is live. To test it, start Trumpet Telnet and open a connection to "infobahn.icubed.com". If you then get the "Login:" prompt all is well. If not, check the settings above.

Configuring the Eudora E-Mail program

This first time that you start Qualcomm's Eudora E-mail client, you will be prompted to enter some personal and e-mail account information. The information that you need to enter (and where) is presented below.
  1. In the "Settings" screen, category "Getting Started", enter your e-mail username@pop3.icubed.com for "POP account". You may also enter your real name in the "Real Name" field.

  2. Click on the category "Personal Information". Note that the "POP account" and "Real Name" will already be filled in. Enter "your e-mail username@icubed.com for the "Return Address".

  3. Click on the category "Hosts". Enter smtp.icubed.com for "SMTP" and infobahn.icubed.com for both "Ph" and "Finger".

  4. You may now want to go through the other categories to set such parameters as how often to check for new mail, how to send mail, how to encode attachments, etc. (If you're a novice I suggest skipping this step).

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

Downloading a copy of Netscape Navigator from the III FTP site

  1. Start the program WS-FTP (From the Internet Programs group). This program will come up pointed at the III public FTP site by default. Click on the "OK" button to open a connection.

  2. Once the connection opens, you should see a list of directories and files on the "Remote System". The directories will be given in the top part of the window, while the files are listed in the bottom part of the window.

  3. Select the directory on the "Local System" (your computer) where to store the downloaded file (We recommend that you set up a directory called "download".)

  4. Select the file n16e303p.exe and then click on the download button (<-). This will start the file transfer. Be aware that this file is approximately 5 MB and will take about 45 minutes to download with a 28.8 kbps modem connection.

  5. Once the file is done being downloaded, click on the "Exit" button to exit WS-FTP.

Installing Netscape Navigator

  1. Locate the file n16e303p.exe.

  2. Start an MS-DOS shell and run the file n16e303p.exe. This will extract a number of small programs and data files.

  3. In the "Program Manager", select "Run" from the "File" menu. When prompted for the command line, enter c:\download\setup.exe (assuming you placed n16e303p.exe in c:\download). This will start the Netscape installer program.

  4. Answer the questions asked of you. You should probably install CoolTalk, but not the CoolTalk Watchdog. You may also choose whether or not to view the README file.

Initial Configuration

  1. Start Netscape Navigator.

  2. Select the "Mail and News Preferences" choice from the "Options" menu.

  3. Click on the "Servers" Tab.

  4. Enter smtp.icubed.com for "Outgoing Mail Server".

  5. Enter pop3.icubed.com for "Incoming Mail Server".

  6. Enter your E-mail username for "POP3 username".

  7. Enter news.icubed.com for "News Server".

  8. Click on the "Identity" Tab.

  9. Enter your name for "Real Name".

  10. Enter your E-mail username@icubed.com for both "E-Mail Address" and "Return Address".

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

Getting the Newgroup List

  1. Select "Netscape News" from the "Window" menu within Netscape.

  2. By default you will be subscribed to 3 newsgroups (news.announce.newusers, news.newsusers.questions and news.answers). Note that groups to which you are subscribed are marked with a yellow checkmark. Removing this checkmark unsubscribes you from the group.

  3. Select "Show All Newsgroups" from the "Options" menu to get the complete list of news groups from our server. Note that this may take a few minutes as there are currently over 25,000 groups on the server.

  4. Once this has been done, select "Show All Newsgroups" from the "Options" menu again to see the complete list of groups.

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