Quickness Web Server

STEP 1: Seeing if 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 highlight the COMMUNICATIONS component and click on DETAILS. Make sure that the DIAL-UP NETWORKING option is installed as one of your components. If it is installed, there will be check in the box to the left of it. If it is, go on to step 2.

If it is not set up, follow these steps:

Put a check in the box to the left of DIAL-UP NETWORKING and click the OK button. You will need the setup disc or discs for this step.

Once you are back to the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS screen, click OK, this will take you back to the CONTROL PANEL.

STEP 2: Verifying that the Dial-up Adapter and TCP/IP are Installed

Go to the CONTROL PANEL and double-click the NETWORK icon. Both DIAL-UP ADAPTER and TCP/IP should be present under the CONFIGURATION tab. If they both are, then you are ready to proceed to step 3.

If they are not, follow these steps:

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 click OK.

If you need to install TCP/IP, click the ADD button, double-click PROTOCOL, then select MICROSOFT, then TCP/IP, and click OK.

Now your NETWORK dialog box should contain both DIAL-UP ADAPTER and TCP/IP. Select DIAL-UP ADAPTER, click PROPERTIES. Then choose the BINDINGS tab, and make sure the TCP/IP box is checked. You're now ready to proceed to step 3. Your computer will prompt you to restart it. Click OK.

STEP 3: Setting 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. Type Quickness (or whatever you want to signify the connection) as the name of the computer you are dialing. Click the CONFIGURE button.

Under the GENERAL section, select the COM port your modem is on. This was most likely automatically detected by Windows 95. Set the maximum speed to the highest baud rate your modem can handle. DO NOT check Only Connect at This Speed. Again, your modem was most likely automatically configured by Windows 95.

Under CONNECTION, you need to have the preferences set to Data Bits: 8, Parity: None, and Stop Bits: 1.

Under OPTIONS, click a check in the box next to Bring up terminal windows after dialing. Click OK. Click the NEXT>button. Enter the phone number to dial in to Quickness. This is 516-696-1347 . You do not need the area code if this is a local call and hyphens are not necessary. Press the NEXT> button, then the FINISH button and the new Quickness icon will be created.

STEP 4: Setting Up Server Type

Click the right mouse button on the newly created Quickness icon, then select PROPERTIES. Click on the SERVER TYPE button.

Under Type of Dial Up Server click the down arrow on the right hand side and scroll to PPP: Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet. Click the ADVANCED button. Software compression should be enabled. Log on to network and Require encrypted password should be unchecked. Make sure that TCP/IP in the Allowed Protocols section is checked.

Click the TCP/IP Settings button. Enable Server assigned IP address. Click specify name server addresses. For the Primary Name Server, type 204.31.1.3 For the Secondary Name Server, type 199.183.9.1 IP header compression and Use default gateway on remote network should both be checked. Click OK three times.

If you would like to configure your dial-up sessions to automatically redial if they encounter a busy signal, select the CONNECTIONS pull-down menu from within the DIAL-UP NETWORKING folder. Choose the SETTINGS selection. From there, you can choose the number of times you would like your dial-up sessions to attempt connection.

STEP 5: Connecting to Quickness

Double click on the Quickness connection icon you set up in step 4. If you have call waiting, click on Dial Properties. Click the box next to This location has call waiting. To disable it, dial and enter *70, in the blank. Type in your user name and password (case sensitive). If you want the dial to hold your information for next time, click the save password option.

Click the CONNECT button and your modem should start dialing. After is connects, what happens next depend on your version of Windows 95. Build A of Windows 95 will tell you that that the connection has been made, and keep the status screen on your desktop. Build B of Windows 95 will minimize the dialer into the icon portion of your toolbar. Should either build have a problem with the establishment of the connection, you will be notified. Your Internet Connection is then established, and you can launch Internet applications like e-mail clients and web browsers.