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Dialling in with Trumpet Winsock on Windows 3.1

Trumpet Winsock is a shareware program that can make a modem connection to the Internet with Point to Point Protocol (PPP). When you have made a connection using Trumpet Winsock, you may use other programs such as Netscape, mail clients or newsreaders.

The following instructions are for setting up Trumpet Winsock to dial-in to your account.

Dialling into Enternet using Trumpet Winsock version 2

Step 1 Open Trumpet Winsock

Open Trumpet Winsock either by:

• Double-clicking on the Trumpet Winsock icon, or
• Opening the program TCPMAN.EXE from the Windows File Manager.

If you do not have Trumpet Winsock on your machine or you wish to upgrade or replace your version either:

• contact AAPT Customer Service on 1300 73 2222 for a copy of our dial-up software which is provided with its own connection software, the Shiva Dialer, or
• purchase Trumpet Winsock version 3 from Trumpet Software International Pty Ltd on 1800 670220.

Step 2 Setting up Trumpet Winsock

1. From the File menu, select Setup to display the Network Configuration window.
2. Complete the Network Configuration window as follows:
   • In the IP address field, type 0.0.0.0
   • In the Name server field, type 255.255.255.255 203.8.183.1
   • Leave the Domain Suffix field blank
   • Select Internal PPP by clicking in the box beside it to display a tick.
   • In the SLIP Port field, type the number of the serial port to which your modem is attached (for example, 2 if your modem is attached to COM2).
   • In the Baud Rate field, type the appropriate speed for your modem as follows
     If you have a modem slower than 28.8K, set Baud Rate to 19200.
     If you have a 28.8K modem or higher, set Baud Rate to 38400.
   • Ensure Hardware Handshake is selected.
   • In the MTU field, type 512.
   • In the TCP RWIN field, type 4096.
   • In the TCP MSS field, type 472.
   • In the Demand load timeout field, type 5.
   • In the TCP RTO MAX field, type 60.
3. Click OK
4. From the File menu, select PPP Options
5. In the PPP Options window
   • Ensure there is a cross in the box beside Use Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
   • In the Username field, type your full UserID (eg, techno@enternet.com.au)
   • In the Password field, type your account password
   • Click OK

Dialling into Enternet using Trumpet Winsock version 3

Step 1 Open Trumpet Winsock

As for version 2.0.

Step 2 Setting up Trumpet Winsock

1. From the File menu, select Setup to display the Trumpet Winsock Setup window.
2. Complete the Trumpet Winsock Setup window as follows
   • In the IP address field, type 0.0.0.0.
   • In the DNS server(s) field, type 255.255.255.255 203.8.183.1.
   • Leave the Domain suffix field blank
   • Under the Driver section, select PPP by clicking in the box beside it to display a tick.
   • In the MTU field Type 512.
   • In the TCP MSS field Type 472.
   • In the TCP RWIN field Type 4096.
   • In the TCP RTO MAX field, type 60.
   • In the Demand load timeout field, type 5.
3. Click Dialler settings.
   • From the COMM port pull down menu, select which of your computer's communications ports your modem plugs into.
   • From the Baud rate pull down menu, select the speed of your modem.
   • Select Hardware handshaking.
   • Under Automatic Login, select No automatic login
   • Under Parity and Word Size, select Standard SLIP/PPP settings.
   • Under Online Status Detection, select None.
   • Set the Inactivity timeout field to 15 minutes. This defines how many minutes of inactivity must pass before you are automatically logged off. Fifteen minutes is suggested but you may set this to a longer or shorter time if desired.
4. Click OK to return to the Trumpet Winsock Setup window.
5. From the File menu, select PPP Options
6. In the PPP Options window
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7. Click OK to save your settings and close the Trumpet Winsock Setup window.

Making a connection

1. Select Login from the Dialler menu.
2. The Trumpet Winsock Dialler Status window opens and provides progress reports while Trumpet Winsock makes the connection. This is referred to as the PPP negotiation and continues for about 20-30 seconds.
   If you are connecting for the first time, you are prompted for the phone number you dial to connect to your local Point of Presence, your User ID (username@yourdomain.com.au) and your password. After you provide this information the first time, it is saved and you will not need to provide it again.
3. Wait until you see the PPP ENABLED message followed by the line My IP address is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where x indicates a number in the IP address) which indicates that a connection is established succesfully.

You can now use a range of Internet applications which work with Winsock. This includes Netscape Navigator, Eudora Mail and WinFTP. Simply minimise the Trumpet Winsock window and open the application you wish to use.

Remember to close the connection when you have finished using the Internet. Your Internet connection is open when Trumpet Winsock is open and you will be billed for that time. To close the connection, select Bye from the Dialler menu.

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