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Connecting to
TFN using MacOS 7.6 - 9.x
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The following are instructions on how to manually set
up your
Internet connection. It is recommended that you print a
copy of
this page for future reference.
TCP/IP Control Panel
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Go to your Apple Menu (located to the far left
of
the Finder), scroll down to Control
Panels,
and choose TCP/IP. Configure the TCP/IP
Control
Panel to look like the following.
Connect via: make sure PPP is selected
and showing
if you are using a modem (if you are on a LAN choose
Ethernet).
Configure: make sure Using PPP Server is
selected.
IP Address: do not edit
Subnet mask: leave blank
Router address: leave blank
Name server addr.: enter our servers:
204.225.122.149
and 199.71.188.17
Search domains: leave blank
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Close the TCP/IP Control Panel
window.
Remote Access Control Panel
Note: |
| The Remote Access
Control Panel
might be called the PPP Control Panel on some
Mac systems.
They are identical. |
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Go to your Apple Menu (located to the far left
of
the Finder), scroll down to Control
Panels,
and choose Remote Access. Configure the
Remote Access
Control Panel by filling in the following
information.
Choose Registered User
Name: enter your User ID (i.e. aa123) in
lowercase.
Password: enter your password in lowercase.
Check Save
Password if desired.
Number: enter in the TFN phone number -
647-477-1477
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Click the Options button. You
will see
the Options window containing 3 tabs across the
top:
Redialing, Connection, and
Protocol.
On the Redialing tab there is a menu; pull it
down to
see a list of options. You can choose not to redial the
connect
number, to redial the connect number a certain number of
times,
or to redial the connect number and alternate
number.
On the Connection tab you may want to check the
Disconnect
if idle box so that your computer will disconnect
from
the Internet if it has not been used for the specified
amount
of time. This will save you precious connection
time.
On the Protocol tab make sure you select
PPP from
the Use protocol menu. Make sure that Use TCP
header
compression and Connect to a command-line
host are
both unchecked, and that Use terminal window is
selected.
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When you are finished click OK
to close
the Options window. Close the Remote Access
window.
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Go to your Apple Menu, then Control
Panels
and open Modem.
Connect via: make sure Modem Port is
selected
from the menu.
Modem: choose your modem from the menu.
Sound: choose whether you wish to hear your
modem "screeching"
or not.
Dialing: choose Tone or Pulse.
Ignore dial tone: If you have phone
company voicemail with stutter tone, it's a good idea to check
this. However if someone else is using the phone while you attempt
to dial, they will hear the modem calling our phone lines.
- When you are done you can close the Modem
window.
Opening the Connection
When you want to connect to TFN just open the Remote
Access
Control Panel and click the Connect button. You
are now
connected to the TFN.
Closing the Connection
When you want to close the connection click Disconnect
from
the Remote Access window.
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Download a Current Browser
The built-in browser on your Mac may not be able to
show some pages, such as hotmail.com, which use advanced features. One
member recommended a modern Mac browser which can be downloaded from www.icab.de/dl.php
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