Mac Classic 7.6 - 9.2:  Remote Access & PPP

 

Changing your dial-up number, username, password & domain tail:

Macintosh uses "dialer" programs to connect your computer to the internet via your ISP. These dialers have changed quite a bit over the years so the hard part is figuring out which program is being used. Most people have one of the versions of PPP and newer Macs use a very similar program called remote access. Mac OSX is entirely different. You will be able to tell which one is installed by going to the apple icon (top left hand corner of your screen) and clicking to the control panel to look for PPP or Remote Access (as pictured below).

The example above goes to Remote Access. If you don't have Remote Access then you will see PPP (or possibly FreePPP on older systems). You will see one of the following windows. The PPP window is on the left and the Remote Access window is on the right. As you can see, they are very similar. You might need to click the little arrow in the top left corner of the second window (next to "setup") in order to see all of your options as pictured below.

Your " Name" box should have your login username with @ispname.com (or .net) on the end so that it looks like an e-mail address even though it isn't necessarily an e-mail address. This will help your connection to find out ISP in the public phone system. 

This is also where you put in the phone number to reach your ISP. If you need to dial "9" to get an outside phone line then put a "9" followed by a comma followed by the phone number. (This is common in hotels and corporate phone systems.) You can also put a "*70," in front of the phone number to disable call waiting IF you have call waiting on the phone line that is connected to your computer. (Note: Don't put in the " " but do put in the asterisk *.) 

  

Click the "Connect" button and you're ready to surf.

 

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