PPP connection under Windows95

Installing Network support
Creating a Dial-Up Connection
Connecting to FIU
Disconnecting from FIU
Getting Software
Barry's page

Installing Network Support

Click on the Start button
Move to Settings
Click on Control Panel
Double click the Network icon
- Click the Add button
- Double click on Protocol
  - Select Microsoft as the Manufacturer
  - Select TCP/IP as the Network Protocols
  - Click OK
- Click OK
Yes, you want to Restart your computer

Creating a Dial-Up Connection

A PPP connection is a Direct Connection to the internet, as opposed to the SLIP emulation which requires logging on to a host computer.

Here is what you need to do to set up Dial-up-Networking to dial the school over a PPP connection

From the desktop of Windows95, double click My Computer.
Scroll down and find the Dial-Up-Networking folder, and double click it.
- Double click Make New Connection
  - Fill in the name that you want to give the connection you are creating (eg, FIU PPP)
  - Click on Configure
  - Be sure that both Bring up terminal before/after options are unchecked
  - Click OK
- Click Next
- Fill in the phone number, 305-348-3282
- Click Finish
Right Click the icon you just created
- Click Server Type, then select PPP:Windows95 from the list
- Under Advanced, be sure that ONLY the Allow Software Compression box is checked
- Under Allowed Protocols, be sure ONLY TCP/IP is checked
- Click on TCP/IP settings
  - Select Server Assigned IP Address
  - Select Specify Name Server Address
    - Fill in 131.94.128.2 for the primary name server address
    - Fill in 131.94.64.4 for the secondary name server address
  - Check Use IP header compression
  - Check Use default gateway to remote network
  - Click OK
- Click OK
Click OK

Back to Index

Connecting to FIU

You can now double click the new icon, then hit the Connect button, this will connect you to FIU.

When you see that you have connected, start your browser.

Back to Index

Disconnecting from FIU

When you want to terminate your connection, select the connection icon from the task bar, and click the Disconnect button

Back to Index

Getting Software

Once you have a connection to the web, then it will be possible to download software via an FTP program. You can obtain a free version of an FTP program for Windows95 or Windows 3.1 from the labs in PC413 or PC411.

Start Windows in PC411 or PC413
Open the Main group
Select the P drive
Select the PPP.DSK directory
Select either Win31 or Win95, depending on what you have at home
Copy the entire directory to the A: drive. It will take 2 disks.

When you get home, follow the instructions in the Readme.txt file on how to install the programs.

Once you have the FTP program installed, and have connected to the web, then you can run the FTP program and download software from the web. The first piece of software to obtain will be a web browser, either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Getting a browser

Netscape FTP sites: Netscape Communications, Mountain View, California, U.S.A.

Netscape tends to be busy, so keep trying.

Address				Directory			File

ftp2.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe  
 
ftp3.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp4.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp5.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows 	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp6.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows 	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp7.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp8.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp9.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe   
 
ftp10.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe  
 
ftp11.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe 
 
ftp12.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe 
 
ftp20.netscape.com		/pub/navigator/3.01/windows	n16e301.exe

FTP sites for Microsoft Internet Explorer

Unfortunately, most of the US sites for this are http sites, not FTP. I tried connecting to some foreign FTP sites, but I never succeeded. If you want Internet Explorer, then I suggest you get Netscape Navigator first, then go to Microsoft's web page http://www.microsoft.com and download Explorer from there.

Using the browser to get more software

Once you have a browser, then you can use it instead of FTP to download files. Just click on the file you want. If the browser can't display it, then it will ask you where you want to store it. If the browser can display it, then you can save it to a disk, under the File menu.

Back to Index

Barry's page

There is an excellent page on the web that takes you on a step-by-step journey through the jungle of setting up your Win95 PC for using the shool's web server. Check out Barry's Page for setting up a PPP/SLIP connection.

This page takes you through the first three steps, Installing Network support, Installing SLIP and Dial-Up Scripting, Creating a Dial-Up Connection showing you all the screens you will see in Windows95.

Back to Index