OT/PPP (System 7.5.x or higher) modem connection
printable version
These instructions detail using PPP for Open Transport (included with all
post-7.6 release of the Mac OS) to connect to the UMM modem
pool.
You should have the following items and information handy before you
start installing and configuring software:
- Your system software disks or CD
- Your e-mail username and password.
PPP for Open Transport requires Open Transport (OT),
version 1.1.1 or later. You can check to see if you have Open Transport,
and the version that you have by following these steps:
- Go to the Apple menu, choose Control Panels, and look for control
panels named AppleTalk and TCP/IP.
- If you do not see AppleTalk or TCP/IP, but do see
Networking or MacTCP, then you don't have OT but "classic" networking.
See below to install OT.
- If you see AppleTalk or TCP/IP, open one of them, go to the
File menu and choose Get Info. Your version of OT should be
1.1.1 or later.
If you need to install OT, read on. If you don't, you can jump to the
section on Installing PPP or Configuring TCP/IP.
- You can obtain the latest version of OT directly from Apple.
From this site you can copy OT onto (4) high-density floppy disks.
- Before installing OT on your Mac, you should remove MacTCP and the
Networking control panels from your machine.
- Insert the first OT disk, and double-click the installer. Follow the
prompts to install OT. You will have to restart your machine when the
installation is finished.
If you have the CD for System 7.6 or OS 8 or later, you can install PPP
directly from the CD.
- Search your system for any SLIP or older PPP software and discard it.
- Insert the System 7.6 or 8.0 CD and double-click the CD icon to view
the contents of the CD.
- Double-click the "Install MacOS" icon to start the installer.
- Click the "Install the Software" button
- Click the "Install Now" button
- Click the "Customize" button
- Deselect all checked boxes
- Select only the option for "Open Transport PPP 1.0"
- Click the "Start" button. The installer will check the hard disk for
any problems; once this is finished, it will begin installation of OT PPP.
- Open the TCP/IP control panel
- Select "PPP" for Connect via, and Configure "Using PPP server".
- Enter "146.57.57.57" as the primary entry and "128.101.101.101" as
the secondary entry in the Name Server Address box.
- Enter "umn.edu" and "mrs.umn.edu" in the Search Domain box.
- Close TCP/IP, and save your changes.
- Open the PPP control panel and enter you username@cda (i.e. smithj@cda), password and the phone number 589-4526).
- Click on the Options button and select the Protocol tab.
- Select the option "Connect to a command-line host" and sub-option
"Use terminal window." Click OK.
- Select Modem from the PPP menu which is located at the top of the
screen. You will be shown a dialog box that you will use to set up your
modem.
- Select your modem from the Modem list. If you do not see your modem
listed try using the first modem listed (3Com Impact Analog 14.4). Select
any other preferences you may have (i.e. pulse vs. touch tone) and close
the modem dialog box. You will be returned to the PPP control panel.
- Click the Connect button in the PPP control panel. This will dial up
the UMM modem pool. After it makes the connection, a terminal
window will appear which prompts for your username and password.
- Before entering your username and password, press the "Settings"
button at the bottom of the terminal window. Make sure that "Prompt to
Save Script on Connect Close" is selected. Press "OK" to close the window.
- Now type your username and password at the proper prompts. The last
prompt will be slip-server>, at which point you should enter "ppp". The
terminal screen will look something like this:
Username: [username]
Password: [password] (will not show)
slip-server> ppp
where [username] is your username (i.e. smithj@cda), and
[password] is your password (please note that the password will not echo
when you are entering it, so be sure to type carefully). If you get an %
Access denied message, you have entered either your username or password
incorrectly. Re-enter them at the next prompts.
- If you have successfully connected, the terminal window will close,
and a window will appear for you to save the script. You will then be
prompted for a file name, you should enter "UMM PPP" in the given
box. Usually it will save the script in the "Control Panels" folder.
- Once connected, you will return to the PPP control panel. The
original "Connect" button will have toggled to "Disconnect", and your
connection time will be indicated in the Status area. Please note that the
"Disconnect" button is not a prompt, but rather indicates that you are in
fact connected. Only click this button when you want to end your modem
session to UMM.
- To set it up to automatically log into the server, you will need to
press the "Option" button in the PPP Control panel. Select "Use Connect
Script" and press the "Import Script" button. You will then be prompted
for a file name to which you should enter "UMM PPP", the file you
created. Click "OK" in that window, and "OK" in the next window. When
you close the control panel, you will be asked to save changes. Answer
"Yes" to this prompt.
- The next time you connect to UMM, PPP will look for the
script you saved and you will not have to reenter your settings.
- Open the PPP control panel.
- Click the Disconnect button. This should hang up your modem.
If you have further technical questions on establishing a dial-up
connection using OT/PPP, please send a message to resnet@morris.umn.edu or call the Computing Services Help Desk at 589-6390.
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