CocoNet Dialup Settings for Windows 95

What You Need to Get Started:

A PPP account from CocoNet, as well as the following information: 

(1) Your user name  (2) Your password 

Once you have this information, you're ready to proceed to step 1.

Step 1: Verify that Dial-up Networking is Installed

Press the Start button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click
the Add/Remove Programs icon.  Select the Windows Setup tab, then click on the
Communications option and press Details.... Make sure that the Dial-up
Networking option is selected. If it is, go on to step 2. If it isn't, select
it and click OK.  Windows 95 will attempt to install the needed drivers, so
make sure you've got your installation disks or CD handy! Now that Dial-up
Networking is installed, you can proceed to step 2.

                                                                                                      
Step 2: Verify that the Dial-up Adapter and TCP/IP Protocol are Installed

Press the Start button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click 
the Network icon. Make sure the Configuration tab is selected. Both Dial-Up 
Adapter and TCP/IP should be present (like in the picture), then you're ready 
to proceed to step 3.



To add the Dial-Up Adapter, hit the Add... button, double-click Adapter, then 
scroll down the list until you can select Microsoft. Choose the Dial-Up Adapter 
and hit OK.


If you need to install TCP/IP, hit the Add... button, double-click Protocol, 
then select Microsoft, then TCP/IP, and hit OK.



Now your Network dialog box should contain both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP. 
Select the adapter, click Properties..., Bindings, and make sure the TCP/IP box 
is checked. You're now ready to proceed to step 3.


Step 3: Skip this section!

 

Step 4: Configure your TCP/IP Protocol for Dynamic IP Addressing

Now that the driver is installed, you need to configure it so it will work with 
Windows 95. Go to the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon. 




Click on the TCP/IP protocol (highlighted in the picture) and press the 
Properties... button. You should get the TCP/IP Properties box.

There are six sections in this dialog box. We'll deal with them in order. 

IP Address

Select the Obtain an IP address automatically option. 

WINS Configuration

Select the Disable WINS Resolution option. 

Gateway

Leave this setting blank, it is automatically determined upon dialup.

Bindings

By default, the Client for Microsoft Networks option is checked. Leave it alone. 

Advanced

No changes needed are from the default. 

DNS Configuration

Select the Enable DNS option. This stands for Domain Name Service. Enter your 
user name in the Host box. In the Domain, put in coconet.com.

In the DNS Server Search Order section, put in 204.176.96.20 then click the Add 
button. Then type in 204.176.96.50 and click the Add button.



In the Domain Suffix Search Order section, type in coconet.com then click Add.



When you're all done setting these options, press the OK button. Then press the 
OK button in the Network dialog box. Windows 95 will ask you to reboot. Press 
Yes and you're almost done!


Step 5: Set up the Connection Icon

Open up My Computer from the desktop and double-click the Dial-Up Networking 
icon. Double-click the Make New Connection icon. This will walk you through the 
Make New Connection wizard.


Type in "CocoNet", or whatever you want to call the icon you're about to create 
to connect you to CocoNet (the title won't affect the type of connection). Your 
modem (which should have been configured when you installed Windows 95) should 
be shown in the Select a modem: area. Press the Configure button.



In the General section, set the maximum speed at 38400 for a 28.8Kbps modem and 
19200 for a 14.4Kbps modem. 

Don't worry about the Connection section, the defaults should be fine.


Next, select the Options section. Depending on how your provider handles login, 
there are a couple of ways to configure this dialog. For your first connection 
attempt, leave the Bring up terminal window after dialing unchecked. If you have 
connection problems later on, try checking the Bring up terminal window after 
dialing box, as shown in this picture. Now hit the OK button.



Click the Next button in the Make New Connection wizard. Enter in the CocoNet 
access phone number for your area.  Below is a chart of available numbers.

Cape Coral/Fort Myers: 		540-2525 (Use first if local for your area)
North Naples/Bonita Springs: 	992-9122
Fort Myers/Lehigh Acres:		466-2818



Press the Finish button and your icon will be created. 


Step 6: Setting the Dial-Up Properties

Select your newly-created connection icon, press the right mouse button and 
choose Properties... You should get a dialog box named whatever name you gave 
your icon.


Press the Server Type... button. You'll get the Server Types dialog box. In the 
Type of Dial-Up Server section, press the down arrow to drop down the list box. 
Since you're planning to use PPP, choose PPP: Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, 
Internet.  Make sure that the Log on to the Network is NOT checked. Enable 
software compression is checked, Require encrypted password unchecked.  Uncheck 
all protocols except TCP/IP (this should be checked.)  


Hit the OK button in the remaining dialog box, and you're almost ready to dial!

Step 7: Dialing in and Getting Connected

Double-click your session icon that you recently made. You'll get the Connect 
To dialog. Put your username and password in the appropriate text areas.  Make 
sure to pay attention to upper/lowercase letters, this is case sensitive.


Press the Connect button and your modem should start dialing. After a few rings, 
one of our modems should answer. Go ahead and fire up those 32-bit apps!