MINNESOTA MICRONET Configuring Mac OS 8.+ for Remote Access If you don't find the answer to your question here, send E-mail to help@mm.com .   Home   Technical Support   Services & Rates   Access Numbers   General Server Settings   Contact Us   SETUP GUIDES     -DSL     -Dial Up     -E-mail     -Web Browsers     -Website Publishing CONFIGURING MAC OS 8.+ REMOTE ACCESS INSTALL TCP/IP Click once on Apple (in top left), Control Panels, then double-click on TCP/IP. If your screen displays "TCP/IP is currently inactive," click Yes. From the File menu, select Configurations if you don't see the TCP/IP screen. Make sure Connect via: is set to PPP. Make sure Configure: is set to Using PPP Server. IP Address:, Subnet mask: and Router address: will be supplied by server, so you don't enter anything in these fields. Set Name server addr.: to 204.73.34.1 for the top row (primary) and 204.73.34.12 for the second row (secondary). Set search domains: to mm.com Close by clicking the box in the upper left. Click OK to save the changes. SET UP MODEM FOR YOUR SPECIFIC MODEM If your modem is already set up, you may skip this step. If your modem is not or you just want to double check the settings, go to Apple (in top left), Control Panels, then double click on Modem Control Panel. Connect via Modem Port. Modem should display your modem by name. Sound should be ON. Dialing should be TONE. The ignore dial tone box UNchecked. Close by clicking the box in the upper left corner. Click OK to save the changes. SET UP THE MDOEM CONNECTION / REMOTE ACCESS IF YOU HAVE MAC OS 8.0 or 8.1: Go to Apple (in top left), Control Panels, then double-click on the PPP Control Panel. IF YOU HAVE MAC OS 8.5, 8.5.1 or 8.6, go to Apple (in top left), Control Panels, then double-click on the Remote Acess Control Panel. Make sure the dot is next to Registered User. Enter your username (with @mm.com appended to it) and your password. It's up to you if you select Save Password or not. Enter one of our local dialup phone numbers. Click Options. For Use Protocol, it should display PPP. (If you don't see this, that's OK, too.) The top 3 boxes should be checked. Connect to a command-line host should not be checked. Click OK. Close by clicking the box in the upper left. Click OK to save the changes. To dial in, pull down the Apple menu, select Remote Access if you see it. If you don't see Remote Access, go to Control Panels and select either Remote Access or PPP. Click Connect to connect. When you want to disconnect, click the Disconnect button. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM ... Make sure the username, password and phone number were entered correctly. If not, correct all mistakes. If all settings are correct, do a proper shutdown of your computer (and turn off your modem if it's an external modem). After about 10 seconds, turn your computer and modem back on. This solves about 90% of problems. Try dialing in again. If you still have a problem or get an error message, note the problem/message, then call our office (651-681-8018). If you're online and just have a question, you can E-mail help@mm.com PLEASE REMBER . . . PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE ON ALL YOUR COMPUTERS. MAKE SURE TO RUN IT AND UPDATE IT FREQUENTLY!! COMPUTER VIRUSES CAN BE ACQUIRED THROUGH OTHER MEANS THAN E-MAIL. SOFTWARE TO COMBAT ADWARE AND SPYWARE IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA! To COMBAT ADWARE, GO HERE. NOTE: Ad-Aware is the name of the software that corrects the problem. Adware is the bad guy; it's not what you want. Yes, the names are very close. A good way to remember is: You're aware you need Ad-Aware. TO COMBAT SPYWARE, GO HERE. Top Home > Support > Configuring Mac OS 8.+ for Remote Access       Copyright © 1994-2008 by Minnesota MicroNet. All rights reserved.