Mac OS X Connection Setup
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| | Configuring your Macintosh OS X computer to dial up and connect to Cyber Mesa. | |
| 1. | Click on the Apple Menu and click on System Preferences. | |
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| 2. | In the System Preferences window, click on Network, then click on the TCP/IP tab. Set "Configure:" in the TCP/IP window to "Using PPP", and enter these numbers as "Domain Name Servers" : Under "Search Domains" enter "cybermesa.com". | |
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| 3. | Now click on the PPP tab and enter the name for this connection to us, for example Cyber Mesa. In the appropriate boxes below in this window, type in the local dialup access number for your location, your user name, and password. | |
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| 4. | If you would like to have your computer connect to the internet automatically, or to adjust other settings such as redial intervals, click on the "PPP Options" button. Put a checkmark next to "Connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications." if you wish. Under "Advanced Options" make sure that just "Send PPP echo packets" and "TCP/IP header compression" is checked. When done click on "OK" and then "Save" to save your set-up. | |
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| 5. | To dial up to Cyber Mesa, you'll need to launch the "Internet Connect" application. You can find it by clicking on the "Go" menu, and selecting "Applications", or by clicking the Finder in the Dock and clicking the Applications button. Click on the "Internet Connect" icon to open the window, and once the Connection window is up, just hit the "Connect" button to connect. To use the connection, you’ll need to launch a program to work with the connection. (Sorry to state the obvious!) You’ll need to open a web browser to browse the web, such as Internet Explorer. You can set the home page of your browser to be whatever you like. Our Cyber Mesa home page, www.cybermesa.com, is a good one to use since it has useful links, and it’s designed to be very simple so it will load quickly. To work with email, you’ll of course launch an email program. The OS X email application, which is cleverly titled “Mail,” is a good program. Setup instructions for it are here. | |
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