Free PPP / Open Transport Configuration

Connecting your Mac to the internet has never been easier. If you have an active account, follow these quick and plainless instructions to hook up to the internet.

You need to first make sure that you have FreePPP and Open Transport installed. To verify, look in your Control Panels, you should see FreePPP in there. If you don't, please take a look at the Apple Tech Info Library to see how you can install the software from your Mac OS CD.

Configuring your connection

To configure your computer so that it can successfully establish an Internet connection. follow these simple steps.

1. From your Apple menu, open your Control Panels menu, you should see FreePPP listed in there, click on that.
   
2. The first thing you'll need to do is open up your TCP/IP setting, so click on the Open TCP/IP button.
3. This should bring into your TCP/IP stack configuration. You only have to do a few modifications. First, made a duplicate your PPP setting and rename it . You could modify your default PPP setting, but it becomes a pain if morethat one connection exists on your computer.
4. Make sure your profile is selected, click on Make Active and then Edit it.
5. This will bring you to the following screen, all you need to do, is type in the correct DNS server addresses in the Name server addr.: box.
   
6. Close TCP/IP and it will bring you back to your FreePPP screen. If you don't see an Accounts tab, click on the disclosure triangle to allow you to edit your account settings.
7. Click on the Accounts tab to select it, and in there you'll be able to create a new profile for your connection, which you should call .