You will most likely be greeted with a small window like the one above. If you are, click on the triangle above the Connect button to get the following window:
Smart.net offers the ability for Macintoshes to connect any
System 6.0.7 through 7.5.1 system, or
MacOS 7.6.1 through 9.2.2
system as well (select the link under the System or Mac OS specified.
Below you will find the instructions for connecting Mac OS X:
Smart net offers two kinds of PPP connections, PAP and non-PAP. Everything is the same about them except step 5.
1. Open the Internet Connect Application, which you will find on the hard drive Mac OS X is installed on under the Applications folder.
2.
You will most likely be greeted with a small window like the one
above. If you are, click on the triangle above the Connect button
to get the following window:
3. Click on the Edit... button to open Network Preferences.
Service Provider is Smart.net
If for some reason you need to connect to Smart.net using 301-470-1700,
or 410-792-7997 instead of these access numbers, see non-PAP
connection settings below. Your username and password are
determined when you setup your Smart.net account, the username
is your Account Name. Click Save password, unless you rather write
down your password someplace safe and have to type it in each
time you connect. Please note Smart.net charges if you forget
your password.
5. Click on PPP options:
Disconnect if idle should be changed to 99 minutes unless you
want to have to redial every 15 minutes. You may
attempt to connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications, though not all programs support this feature. Be ready to uncheck if you
find one of your favorite programs does not. Everything else should be set as above.
* note on some modems unchecking TCP/IP header compression is recommended
7. Now click where it says TCP/IP
Domain servers are 207.176.80.80 hit the return key and enter
right below it 207.176.80.88. If you are configuring using anything
other than PPP click on the Using button to switch to Using PPP. Also if you have an external modem, make sure that is selected above the
TCP/IP tab, and the port that is in use is selected too.
8. Now click on the modem tab.
Select the modem make from the same location as Apple Internal
56k Modem (v.90) is shown above.
If you don't find your modem listed there, and you had a working modem in Mac OS 9,
you will want to go to your Mac OS 9 System Folder's Extensions Modem Scripts folder, and make a copy
of the modem script that appeared in your Mac OS 9 modem control panel and edit the copy
with BBEdit Lite.
As an example, I have put up a Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X modem script online.
With BBEdit Lite, you copy the write string from the Mac OS 9 script that works into a copy of a Mac OS X script.
The Mac OS 9 script above shows the line to copy if you find the following line:
!Copy this write over Mac OS X script write line
write "AT&F1E0W2S95=45S0=0&D3S7=60\13"
Take what is in quotes and move it into the Mac OS X script below into the field with quotes
!Replace items AT command below with AT command found in your Mac OS 9 script
!
write "AT&FE0W1&D3S7=60S0=0\13"
You can find additional AT&Fs at the Modem init string page,
and modem scripts and updates on this site.
A good guide to the codes of the modem initialization strings may be found
on Zoltrix's site.
Be sure to end it with a \13 if it isn't already there.
Once you've modified the Mac OS X script, save it into your hard drive Library folder's Modem Scripts folder, and remove the .txt extension from the file name.
9. Back to the Internet Connect application:
Your username and phone number should now be set above after entering
it in the Network preferences,
and your password will appear as dots. Click on Connect:
10
It should sit here for awhile. If you are using PAP it will eventually come here, otherwise non-PAP users should link here:
This is your indication it is connected because the Status button
shows you are connected. You can hit the yellow button above (not
shown
in this image as it is a screen capture and maximize it from
the Dock if you ever need to disconnect. You are now ready to
begin surfing and checking your e-mail.
The following settings are only if you need to connect to either
301-470-1700 or 410-792-7997.
5. Click on PPP options:
Disconnect if idle should be changed to 99 minutes unless you
want to have to redial every 15 minutes. You may
attempt to connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications, though not all programs support this feature. Be ready to uncheck if you
find one of your favorite programs does not. Click on Connect
using terminal window.
* note on some modems unchecking TCP/IP header compression is recommended
Continue with the settings
above 6 through 10 until prompted to finish non-PAP settings.
11. After it tries to Contact PPP server
you will be prompted with this window. Type in your username again,
at this prompt
and at the password prompt, the password again.
Following the entering of your username and password, you should
get a window whose contents are the same as this except for the
Settings
button and the icon and scrollbar.
Select the number 2,and hit enter, and then hit continue.
You should now be prompted with this window, and you are ready to begin surfing and checking your e-mail:
You can hit the yellow button above (not shown
in this image as it is a screen capture and maximize it from
the Dock if you ever need to disconnect.
