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MacOS X Configuration

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.