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Apple Macintosh OS X Setup

Step 1: Opening the network preferences
  1. Clicking on the apple icon on the top left portion of the screen will cause a menu to drop down.
  2. Select the menu item "System Preferences" and click.
  3. In the new window that just appeared, click on the icon labeled "Network".

Step 2: Setting up the PPP Preferences
  1. At the top of the preferences window, there should be two pop-down menus. Click on the one titled "Show:" and select "Modem Port".
  2. Just below the menu you just selected, is a Tabbed View. Click on the Tab with the heading "TCP/IP".
  3. Click on the pop-down menu "Configure" and set it to "Using PPP".
  4. In the text box titled "DNS Servers" make sure that it is empty.
  5. Click on the Tab titled "PPP".
  6. In the text field titled "Account Name:" type your TaosNet user name.
  7. In the text field labeled "Password:" type your TaosNet password.
  8. In the text field titled "Telephone Number:" type 751-9590. For the Alternate Number use 737-0000. You may get a better connection with a particular number, so feel free to switch the order of these two phone numbers.
  9. If you want the computer to remember your password, click on the "Save password" checkbox.
  10. Click on the "Apply Now" button at the bottom of the window.

Step 3: Connecting to the Internet
  1. In the top right part of your screen should be an icon the looks like a phone. Click on it, and choose the "Connect" menu item.
Step 4: Checking your mail
  1. TaosNet now has web-based email. This allows you to check your mail through your browser. To access this system, open your favorite web browser and type in the address http://webmail.newmex.com/. Just login using your TaosNet username and password, and you should be good to go.
  2. If you do not wish to use the web-based email system, here is the information you need to set up the incoming and outgoing mail servers with your preferred email client.
    • Incoming Mail Server: mail.newmex.com
    • Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.newmex.com
    • News Server: news.taosnet.com



Apple Macintosh OS 8-9 Modem Dialer Setup

How to use this guide.
To use this guide you should be familiar with your Macintosh computer and know how to copy files from your floppy disk to your hard drive and know which version of the Macintosh operating system you are using . You should know how to use control panels and whether your Mac is using the MacTCP control panel or the TCP/IP control panel. You should also already have your modem installed. It is recommended that you have at least 10MB of free space on your hard drive and 16MB of physical RAM before starting this installation. You MUST have the MacTCP control panel or the TCP/IP control panel installed BEFORE you begin this installation.

Macintosh System Requirements: To connect to the internet you will need a Macintosh computer with 68030 processor or newer, 16MB RAM (as with all RAM considerations, more is better) . Macintosh Operating System 7.1 or newer, the MacTCP or TCP/IP control panel, 15MB free hard drive space, 14,400 or faster Modem, color monitor.

Macintosh Set Up Instructions: Mac OS8 and above (recommended for 68040 or PowerPC Macintosh Computers)

Macintosh Operating System version 8.0 comes with everything you need to establish a PPP graphical connection to the internet. Launch the internet setup assistant, by opening your hard-drive icon, opening the assistants folder and double clicking "Internet Setup Assistant" proceed through the set up dialogue where you will: Fill in the following values:

1. Primary DNS number: 209.188.112.3
2. Secondary DNS number: 63.81.160.11
3. ISP Phone Number: 751-9590 or 737-0000
4. Incoming (POP3) Mail Server: mail.newmex.com
5. News Server: news.taosnet.com
6. Login ID: yourid
(the user ID you chose when you signed up, in all lowercase)
7. Login and Email Password: ******
(the password you chose when you signed up, in all lowercase)
8. Email Address: yourloginid@newmex.com
(your ID followed by "@newmex.com")


Mac OS8 will place a "Browse the Internet" and an "Email" icon on your desktop. See page three if you would like to use Eudora Lite for email instead of Microsoft Outlook Express, which comes preinstalled on your Mac. Choose PPP from the Apple/Control Panels menu to dial up and establish your connection to the internet.

TaosNet's Multiple Phone Numbers - TaosNet provides dialup service using two different access servers. These dial-up servers enable us to help you get a more stable connection and possibly better connect speeds. These servers have different manufacturers such that dialing 751-9590 connects x2 56K hardware and the 737-0000 connects 56K flex hardware. Both adhere to the V.90 standard. Depending on your brand of modem and your phone line conditions, you may or may not see different performance levels between these two numbers. We recommend trying both of our dial-up numbers to determine which one will connect better.

TaosNet's Name Servers, (DNS)-
In order to view and change your name server addresses (DNS addresses) using Mac OS 8 or above, you will need to do the following:

1) Click on the Apple Menu
2) Click on Control Panels
3) Choose TCP/IP
4) In the section Name Server Addresses, you should have the following two addresses listed, each on its own line:

209.188.112.3
63.81.160.15


If you don't have Mac OS8, the TaosNet Macintosh Set Up Disks provides you with all the FreeWare and ShareWare that you need to connect to the internet and the world wide web using Macintosh OS 7.1 - 7.6.1.

What's on the disks:
!-Read-This-First (this document)
.SEAFiles - Compressed, self expanding archives that should be copied to your hard drive, then double clicked to expand into the following software resources.
FreePPP 2.5v3 Folder - Software that enables your Macintosh to dial up to the internet through TaosNet.
Stuffit Expander 3.5.2 - Software for expanding the compressed files you download from the internet.
Eudora Lite - Software for email communications.
Mosaic-68K - A web browser with which you can browse the world wide web and download other shareware.
Fetch 3.0.3 - Software for connecting to FTP sites on the internet and downloading or uploading files.
NCSA Telnet - Software for making Telnet connections on the internet.
*What's NOT on the disks: Once you have made this connection there are many other software programs that you might want to download directly from the internet. Other programs you might want include: *Netscape Navigator a commercial web browser: http://browser.netscape.com/

Macintosh Set Up Instructions:
Mac OS 7.1 through 7.6.1

Step One: Install FreePPP
Copy the TaosNet Mac Set Up floppy disk files on to your hard drive and expand the compressed files by double-clicking the icons for: FreePPP 2.5v3-Installer.sea Fetch-3.0.3.SEA NCSA-Telnet.SEA StuffIt Expander 3.5.2 and Mosaic68K.SEA.

FreePPP
is the software that manages your computer's dial up to TaosNet.
Restart your computer with Shift Key depressed to disable extensions. Double-click the FreePPP installer and proceed through the installation, then restart your computer with the Command and Option Keys depressed to rebuild desktop file.

Step Two: TCP settings
Open the MacTCP or TCP/IP control panel. Select the FreePPP option. Type the Settings into the control panel MacTCP or TCP/IP is the control panel that allows your Mac to "speak" the language of the internet. (TCP/IP is only used if your Macintosh is configured with Apple's Open Transport software) One or the other must first be turned on in the "Extensions Manager" control panel and your computer restarted for it to become active.

If you are using MacTCP:
Open The Mac TCP Control Panel. The first of two MacTCP windows should appear. Click the FreePPP icon.
Click the "More..." button at the bottom of the first Mac TCP control panel dialogue box.
A second MacTCP control panel dialogue box should appear.
"Obtain Address" should be set at "Server"
Fill in the following values:
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 (use the sliders in the control panel)
Primary Domain - Domain: ns1.newmex.com - IP Address: 209.188.112.3 - Set to: Default
Secondary Domain - Domain: ns2.newmex.com - IP Address: 63.81.160.11

If you are using TCP/IP:
Open The TCP/IP Control Panel. "Connect via" should be set at "FreePPP"
Fill in the following values:
Name server addr: 209.188.112.3 and 63.81.160.15

Implicit Search Path:
Starting domain name: ns1.newmex.com

Additional Search domains: ns2.newmex.com

Step Three: Free PPP Settings
Choose: FreePPP setup from the FreePPP menu (it appears as a telephone icon in your menu bar)
Click the "Account" tab in the FreePPP window. Click the "New" button in the FreePPP "Account" window.
Fill in: the following values:
Server Name: TaosNet
Phone number: 751-9590 or 737-0000.
Connect: Directly
User Name: yourloginID
Password: yourpassword

Click: "OK"
Close: The FreePPP window

Step Four: Install Eudora Lite for email
Insert Eudora Lite Disk One, open the diskette and double click the Eudora Lite installer icon, then proceed through the installation then restart your computer. Launch the Eudora Lite program and fill in the following settings:
Getting Started:

POP Account: yourid@newmex.com
Real Name: Yourfirstname Yourlastname
Hosts:
POP3: mail.newmex.com
SMTP: smtp.newmex.com
Checking Mail:
"check" Send on Check (all others unchecked)
Sending Mail:
"uncheck" Immediate Send (all others checked)

Step Five: Dial up and connect to the internet
Choose "Open PPP Connection" from the FreePPP menu. After the connection sequence (a connect display will appear, go through its cycles, then disappear) you are now connected to the internet and can launch and use internet aware application programs such as Mosaic or Netscape for web browsing, Eudora Lite for sending and receiving email, Fetch to move files to and from internet servers and NCSA Telnet to establish telnet connections with internet host computers that allow UNIX shell access.
NOTE: For security reasons, TaosNet does not allow unix shell access to the TaosNet server. However there are thousands of internet host computers that you can access using NCSA Telnet and your TaosNet dial up connection.
If you do not know how to use the world wide web, Open your connection to TaosNet, launch the Mosaic web browser program, go to the Mosaic file menu, choose "Open URL", then type in http://www.newmex.com/help/ and press the "Return" key. The TaosNet/NewMex help page will appear, click the "highlighted underlined" hypertext links to explore.

Mail and News Settings:
When configuring application software such as Eudora or Netscape,
the following settings should be used:
MAIL SERVER - POP3: mail.newmex.com
MAIL SERVER - SMTP: smtp.newmex.com
NEWS SERVER - NNTP: news.taosnet.com

Who to call for help:
The TaosNet help can be reached at 758-7598 for help with issues regarding system configuration and connectivity. We will also be happy to provide you with a list of independent local computer service providers that can provide you with on-site service and assist you in fine tuning your Mac for internet communications. These computer consultants are independent businesses that will bill you directly for their services. They are not employees of TaosNet nor under the direction of TaosNet. TaosNet does not take responsibility for any materials or services provided by these individuals.