How To Configure Open Transport
To Dial SchoolLink

(recommended for PowerMacs)

• What is Open Transport?
• System requirements
• What do I need?
• Setting it up
  • Modem control panel
  • TCP/IP control panel
  • PPP control panel
• Using it

What is Open Transport?

Open Transport is the newest Macintosh technology for connecting to the internet. It's typically faster on PowerMacs than the older MacTCP.

System Requirements

If you're not using a PowerMac, you're probably better off sticking with MacTCP unless you have at least 16MB of RAM. If you are daring or hardheaded enough to want to use the latest and greatest anyway, here are Apple's system requirements for using Open Transport:

Open Transport is designed to work on Mac OS-compatible computers

with a Motorola 68030 or 68040 family microprocessor, or a PowerPC

microprocessor. Open Transport is supported on system software

versions 7.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.5.3, 7.5.5 or later. System software version

7.5.3 or later is recommended. No other system software versions are

supported.

What do I need?

For dial up internet use, you will need both Open Transport and Open Transport PPP.

The latest version of Open Transport is v1.2, available only with Mac OS 8 at this time. The latest version you can download is v1.1.2.

The only version of Open Transport PPP available to download is v1.0.

If you're a MacAddict subscriber, you can find both on CD number 7.

Install Open Transport first, then install Open Transport PPP.

Setting it up

If you have both Open Transport and Open Transport PPP on your system, you'll have the following three control panels: TCP/IP, Modem, and PPP. (If you do not have these items, see "What do I need?" above.)

Modem control panel settings

Open the Modem control panel. Here's what the Modem window looks like:

• In the Connect Via popup menu, choose the port your modem is connected to.
• In the Modem popup menu, choose the type of modem you are using.
• Choose whether you want the modem sound on or off while you're connecting, and whether you use tone or pulse dialing.

Close the Modem window. Click Save when asked if you want to save the changes.

TCP/IP control panel settings

Open the TCP/IP control panel. The finished version will look something like this:

• Change the Connect Via popup menu to PPP.
• Change Configure to Using PPP Server.
• In the Name Server Addr block, type in 207.86.145.4, hit return, and type 207.86.145.5

Close the TCP/IP window. Click Save when asked if you want to save the changes.

PPP control panel settings

Open the PPP control panel.

• Enter your SchoolLink username and password. (For security reasons, your password will not display when you type it in.) Click the Save Password checkbox if you don't want to type it in every time.
• Enter 5350819 in the phone number field.

Now, click on the Options... button at the bottom. Choose the Connection tab as shown below:

Uncheck the top option, Connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications, if desired. If left checked, this option attempts a connection every time your computer is turned on, as well as any time a browser or mail program is opened. Although some prefer it that way, it sometimes fails future connection attempts after the first successful connection.

Using it to connect

Open the PPP control panel. Click Connect. Wait for the Send and Receive bars to appear in the window:

You're connected! Enjoy the ride.

For easier access, make an alias of the PPP control panel and put it on your desktop.

Be sure to check for the latest Apple software updates.

Apple Software Updates

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