SLIP connection under Windows95

• Installing Network support
• Installing SLIP and Dial-Up Scripting
• Creating a Dial-Up Connection
• Connecting to FIU
• Disconnecting from FIU
• Getting Software
• Barry's page
• Creating a logon script

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

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Installing SLIP and Dial-Up Scripting

• Click on the Start button
• Move to Settings
• Click on Control Panel
  • Double click Add/Remove Programs
    • Click the Windows Setup tab
    • Click the Have Disk button
      • Click the Browse button
        • Select drive letter where your Windows 95 disk is
        • Double click the Admin folder
        • Double click the Apptools folder
        • Double click the Dscript folder
        • Select Rnaplus.inf
        • Click OK
      • Click OK
    • Check SLIP and Scripting for Dial-Up Networking
    • Click Install button

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Creating a Dial-Up Connection

A SLIP connection can be emulated by logging on to solix and starting the program slirp. Once slirp is running, you will be able to start your web browser. This method works for everyone, all you need is a normal account at FIU.

Here is what you need to do to set up Dial-up-Networking to dial the school over a SLIP 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 SLIRP)
    • 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 SLIP:UNIX from the list
  • Under Advanced, be sure that ONLY the logon box is checked
  • Under Allowed Protocols, be sure ONLY TCP/IP is checked
  • Click on TCP/IP settings
    • Select Specify an IP Address, and fill in the address 10.0.2.15
    • Select Specify Name Server Addresses, and fill in 131.94.128.2 as the primary DNS. You may also fill in 131.94.128.200 as the secondary DNS.
    • Check Use IP header compression
    • Check Use default gateway to remote network
    • Click OK
  • Click OK
• Click OK

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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 the login prompt, enter username.telnet, replacing username with your SOLIX username.
• When you see the password prompt, enter your SOLIX password
• When you see the host prompt, enter solix
• When you see the SOLIX login prompt, enter your username
• At the SOLIX password prompt, enter your SOLIX password
• When you see the SOLIX prompt, type the command slirp, this starts the SLIP emulation
• After you get the message slirp ready, hit the Continue button
• When you see that you have connected, start your browser.

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Disconnecting from FIU

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

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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

• http://www.netscape.com
• http://www.microsoft.com
• http://www.shareware.com

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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.

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