Mac osX dial-up settings

 

Getting On-Line For the First Time:

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Modified from the apple.com support site

 

 
 

A modem is required. If your computer does not have a built-in modem, then select your external modem in Step 4. Follow these steps to connect:

1. Gather this information from your initial setup paperwork or contact support:

user name and password
dial-up number
Domain Name System (DNS) server addresses

you should choose to configure IP information via PPP

2. Choose System Preferences from the Apple Menu.

3. Choose Network from the View menu.

4. Choose Internal Modem from the Show pop-up menu (the "Configure" pop-up menu prior to Mac OS X 10.1).

5. Click the PPP tab.

6. Type the information you gathered in Step 1 into the corresponding fields. Your user name goes in the Account Name field. If you want the other users of this computer to use the same connection method, select the checkbox for "Save password."

7. Click the TCP/IP tab.

8. Choose PPP from the Configure pop-up menu, as instructed by your Internet service provider. If configuring manually, type the IP address in the corresponding field.


9. Type the DNS addresses in the corresponding field.

10. Click Apply Now.

11. Open Internet Connect, located in the Applications folder.

12. Be sure the Configuration pop-up menu is set to your modem.

13. Click the Connect button.

14. Open a Web browser or other TCP/IP application to verify your connection to the Internet.

 
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