Get your own Free Home Page| Item | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| *Name: | (any name here, usually symbolic for your provider, like SkyINet) | This is a required field, although this does not seem to be used by any application. |
| Description | need a hint? | (this doesn't seem to do anything anway) |
| Login ID: | (your login / user id goes here, like 'jose' or 'paolo', without the quotes) | This is the login or user id that your provider will give to you, entered exactly (usually all lower-case letters) the way they say it. |
| Password: | ********** (this is not viewable) | Must be entered also exactly (usually lower-case); confirm from your provider if these are all lower-case letters. |
| Phone number | 411-2222 or 910-2222 | Dial up phone number; try either and use which one is better for you (i.e. line quality, etc. etc.) depending on your location |
| Login sequence: | NONE | The keyword 'NONE' will utilize CHAP/PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) automatically supplying the login id and password values from the fields above |
| Connection type | PPP | Uses Point to Point Protocol, provided by the PPP update mentioned above. |
| Inactivity timeout option | I recommend 5 | This will automatically disconnect your dialup connection, when no activity occurs for that time period |
| Your IP address: | Should be left blank; PPP will dynamically assign you your IP address for the session | |
| Destination IP address: | 206.101.197.225 | The IP address of the gateway machine; confirm this with SkyInternet |
| Netmask: | 255.255.255.0 | The subnet mask |
| *MRU Size: | 1500 | The default value should be okay, host will attempt to send packets of that size, but bigger is better. Maximum should be around 4096. |
| VJ Compression | Checked | Required. SkyInternet's setup uses this. |
| *Domain nameserver: | 206.101.197.230 or 204.70.57.242 | Should be confirmed with Sky Internet (choose one only) |
| Your host name: | (can be left blank) | This is the identifier for your PC when you are directly connected to the internet, not used for dial-up setups. |
| *Your Domain Name: | skyinet.net | This is required |
| Mail Gateway: | mail.skyinet.net | Should not be mail2.skyinet.net, as one tech-support guy at skyinet told me. It seems that they changed to mail2 then back to mail. For email client sofware this information should be in the Send settings notebook page. For Netscape's Navigator for OS/2, this information should be in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server field of the Servers settings page. |
| POP Mail Server: | pop.skyinet.net | Used to be mail.skyinet.net until they changed it. For email client software (e.g. PMMail) this information should be in the Receive settings notebook page. For Netscape's Navigator for OS/2, this information should be in the Incoming Mail (POP) Server field of the Servers settings page. |
| Reply domain: | skyinet.net | |
| Reply (Mail) ID: | (should be the same as your login ID) | |
| POP Login ID: | (should be the same as your login ID) | |
| POP Password | ********(should be the same as your login password) |
I can't discuss all the possible values for the Modem setup page, due to the multitudes of modems out on the market. Try the drop down list if your modem is supported by the IAK; otherwise a safe bet would be to choose 'Hayes compatible' if your modem is not listed.
For the U.S. Robotics Sportster 28.8kbps modems, you can choose the USRobotics Courier HST DS.
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