MAC OS X Dialup Configfuration

The following instructions will allow you to set up, or trouble-shoot where necessary, a dialup connection on MacOS X.

The first part of setting up or checking the configuration of your Linknet connection is to set the dialup information. Follow these steps:

1. Click the Apple icon
   
   
2. Click System Preferences
   
   
3. Click on the Network icon
   
   
4. Select Configure: Using PPP
   
   
5. Under Domain Name Servers, enter:
   202.162.96.5
   202.162.96.6
   
   
6. Under Search Domains, enter linknet.com.au
   
   
7. Click PPP
   
   
8. Enter "Linknet" for your Service Provider
   
   
9. Enter the Linknet dialup number 6639 8300
   
   
10. Enter your Linknet username and password
    
    
11. Tick Save Password (unless you want to have to type it each time)
    
    
12. Click PPP Options
    
    
13. Configure the different Session Options as preferred (you will probably want "Connect automatically" ticked)
    
    
14. Tick "Send PPP echo packets" & "Use TCP header compression" in Advanced Options
    
    
15. Make sure that "Connect using a terminal window" is NOT ticked
    
    
16. Click OK
    
    
17. Click the Proxies tab
    
    
18. Make sure that none of the boxes are ticked
    
    
19. Click Modem
    
    
20. Set your settings as above - make sure that the correct modem is selected. iMac users will usually be using the Apple Internal modem
    
    
21. Click Apply Now or Save
    
    
22. Click the Apple icon
    
    
23. Click System Preferences
    
    
24. Click on the Internet icon
    
    
25. Click Email
    
    
26. Select your Email program from the list (usually Outlook Express)
    
    
27. Set your email address to your Linknet address: eg. username@linknet.com.au
    
    
28. Set Incoming mail server to: pop.linknet.com.au
    
    
29. Select POP for the Account Type
    
    
30. Set the User Account ID to your Linknet login name (usually the first part of your email address)
    
    
31. Enter your Password
    
    
32. Set Outgoing mail server to: smtp.linknet.com.au
    
    
33. Click Web
    
    
34. Select your Web browser from the list (usually Internet Explorer)
    
    
35. Set your homepage to http://www.linknet.com.au or whatever you prefer
    
    
36. You can set the search page and location to download files according to your preference (this is not required, so if you do not know what to put, just leave it)
    
    
37. Click News
    
    
38. Select your news program from the list (usually Outlook Express)
    
    
39. Set News server to: news.linknet.com.au
    
    
40. Select Connect As: Guest
    
    
41. Leave the other sections blank
    
    
42. Close the Internet window.

You're done! You might like to download the latest update for MacOS X from Apple's Download site here: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/, as the new updates fix a lot of problems present in the initial release of MacOS X.

If you have any problems, contact Support on (02) 6684 3345 or email support@linknet.com.au and they will be happy to help you out.