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Windows-95 SLiRP Configuration

by Jose' Torres

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Requirements
• Installing the Components
• Configuring the Connection
• Making the Connection
• Trouble-Shooting the script

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Introduction

This page will explain how to install and configure the components you'll need to be able to use SLiRP and run Netscape at home.

Note: This configuration has been tested with Windows 95 release B.

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Requirements

In order to make SLiRP work with Windows 95, you will need the following components on your Windows 95 machine:

• Dial-up Adapter
• TCP/IP
• Dial-up Networking
• A dial-up script

Once these are installed, you can then configure the dial-up networking to make SLiRP work on your machine.

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Installing the Components

Note: You will need your Windows 95 CD-ROM if your machine came with one. If the components listed in the Requirements section are already installed on your PC, you do not need to reinstall them.
Windows-95 Menu Options/Buttons are denoted by boldface text.

Installing TCP/IP and Dial up adapter

1. Click Start
2. Go to Settings and click on Control Panels
3. Double-click on the Network icon
4. Click on the Protocol tab
5. Click on Add -- a list of options will be displayed
6. Choose Microsoft, then click on TCP/IP
7. Click OK
8. Staying within the Network Control Panel, click on the Adapters tab
9. Click Add -- a list of options will be displayed
10. Choose Microsoft, then click on Dial-up Adapter
11. Click OK
12. In the Primary Network Logon section, make sure Windows Logon is selected
13. In the Identification tab, type in a computer name and a workgroup name (it doesn't matter what they are)
14. Click OK again; you will then need to reboot your machine

When the machine reboots, you will prompted for a username and password. You can type in any username, although your account username will be more convenient. If you don't want a login prompt everytime you reboot, make sure to leave the password field blink.

You will be prompted to confirm your password. After you do this, you're on your way to setting up Dial-up Networking.

Installing Dial-up Networking

1. Click Start
2. Go to Settings and click on Control Panels
3. Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon
4. Click on the Windows Setup tab
5. Double-click on Communications
6. Check the Dial-up Networking box on
7. Click OK
8. Click OK again.

Installing the Script

This script will be needed to use Dial-up Networking. Just place the script anywhere you want on your machine. The script may need to be modified to make it work for your account (see below).

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Configuring Dial-up Networking

1. Double-click on the My Computer icon
2. Double-click on the Dial-Up Networking icon
3. Click Next
4. Type a name (it can be anything) for your configuration, then click Next
5. Type the phone number. You can use 6219600, which is the number for CCIT (a hyphen in the phone number is not needed)
6. Click Finish; an icon will appear in the Dial-Up Networking folder with the new connection you've just created
7. Click the new icon with the right mouse button, and go to Properties
8. Click on the Server Types tab and make sure it is set to the PPP:Windows 95,Windows NT 3.51, Internet option
9. On the Allowed Network Protocols option make sure TCP/IP is checked; the others are not necessary
10. Click on TCP/IP Settings
    
    1. choose the Server Assigned IP Address option
    2. choose the Specify Name Server Address option
    3. for the Primary Domain Name Server number, use 128.196.224.2
    4. click OK
11. Click on the Scripting tab, enter the full path name (e.g. C:\blih\blih\ame2.scp) for the script or use the Browse button to locate it, and then click OK
12. Click OK

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Making the Connection

1. Double-click the connection icon you just created
2. Enter the username and password you would normally enter to log onto the Math system, then click on Connect
   Note: You can check the Save Password box on, so that you don't have to type it in all the time
3. You will see a series of message boxes which verify each step of the connection process. If all goes well, a final message box will pop up saying Connection has been established. You can then go on to use Netscape/Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.

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Trouble-shooting the Script

Given that your modem is working properly, dial-up networking may fail if the script isn't set up properly for your Math account. If this is the case you can trouble-shoot your script by enabling the Step through script option in the Scripting tab of the connection properties. When trying to connect, a window will pop up showing the script, which you can then execute line-by-line to see where the script fails. There are two things you may need to change in the script:

1. In the example script, it is assumed that your Math account prompt looks like this:

   ame2$

   If your Math account prompt is different (e.g. ame2.math.arizona.edu%) you will need to type it verbatim into your script: look for the waitfor "ame2$ " line in the script and replace ame2$ with your prompt.

2. If /usr/local/bin is not in your Math account path (check using the command echo $PATH), the slirp command will not execute and you will never establish the dial-up networking connection. One way to remedy this is to edit the script by replacing the slirplogin entry with /usr/local/bin/slirplogin