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Follow these steps to install your Trumpet Winsock software:
1. After downloading the Deluxe Starter Pack from Tx MetroNet's server,
go to DOS ( or the Windows File Manager if you prefer ) and type
(or double-click on) "dluxspak.exe" (or whatever your communications
software named the file). It should automatically extract
two files, "stuff.exe" and "install.bat". Typing/selecting "install.bat"
will create a folder on your harddrive called \metronet, and will put
into it all the files you'll need to start using Trumpet Winsock.
These files will occupy about 2 megabytes of disk space. If you're
in DOS you'll need to type "exit" after the install procedure finishes,
and then launch the Windows FIle Manager.
2. Double-click on the "tcpman.exe" file listed in your metronet folder.
This is the main Trumpet Winsock program, which dials in to our
server and initiates the underlying PPP connection. When the
Trumpet window appears go straight to the "Dialler" pull-down
menu and select "setup.cmd". This will let you enter the appropriate
phone number to dial in to our modems, as well as your username
and password. Remember that you MUST TYPE A CAPITAL 'P' in
^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^
front of your username to tell our server to enter PPP mode (but the
rest of your username needs to be lower-case). If you plan to talk to
us at 28.8kbps or your modem is not connected to the "COM2" serial
port of your PC, you will also want to modify Trumpet's internal
settings. You can do this with the "setup" option located
under the "file" pull-down menu. (Note that it's usually best to set
the baud rate at either 19200 (for 14.4kbps modems) or 38400
(for 28.8kbps modems). ( There's yet another "Options" screen
under the Dialler pull-down menu which can be set to make
Trumpet dial-out automatically when it starts up, if you so desire ).
3. You're now ready to connect to Tx Metronet's PPP server.
Simply click on the "Login" option under the Dialler pull-down
menu. The login script should start your modem dialing out, and
if all goes well you will see a "CONNECT [..]" message within 15
seconds or so. The script should continue on, automatically typing
your login name and password at the corresponding prompts.
You should see a "PPP Enabled" message when Trumpet reaches
the end of the login script, but unfortunately you will not get an
immediate error message if your login name or password was
not accepted by the server. Just to make sure
the connection is active, run the "pingw.exe" program from the File
Manager and tell it to ping "metronet.com" or "mit.edu". If you do not
see a line echo'ing every second the delay time for your packets,
there is something wrong and you should call technical support.
( If for some reason you have trouble with the login script you can
always use the "Manual Login" option under the Dialler pull-down
menu. The only difference will be that you'll have to manually
dial out (with a modem command like "atdt 7052901") and then type
in your username and password. You'll also have to hit the ESCAPE
key when you see the "PPP session started..." message, to signal
Trumpet that you're finished logging in ).
4. You can now close the ping window and minimize tcpman. Your
PPP connection has been established and you're ready to
launch your first winsock application. Return to the File
Manager and double-click on "netscape.exe". Once it's finished
loading it should start displaying Tx MetroNet's homepage, from
which you can begin exploring the rest of the web. All underlined
words and phrases are LINKS to other web pages. Simply click
on the underlined words that sound interesting and Netscape will
take you to the corresponding location.
Please note that this version of Netscape is an older one, selected
for the Deluxe Starter Pack because its size is mush smaller than
the newer ones with all the
bells and whistles. You can use Netscape to download the newest
version by going to Netscape's home page at:
"http://home.netscape.com".
5. Netscape can be used to access most popular internet services
EXCEPT e-mail. For this we've provided a program called Eudora.
Double-click on the "weudora.exe" program in your File Manager
(you can leave Netscape running at the same time, if you want).
Eudora will load and ask for your password, but it doesn't yet
know your username, so just hit the cancel button. Go to the
pulldown menu labeled "Special" and select "Configuration".
Enter the correct POP Account name, Real Name and Return
Address, following the format of the bogus default entries.
Press the "OK" button to save your configuration. You're now
ready to start sending and receiving e-mail! Play with the
pull-down menus to familiarize yourself with Eudora's various
options.
7. When you're done playing with your winsock software, close
Eudora and Netscape and then select "bye" from tcpman's
"Dialler" menu. You should hear a "click" as your modem hangs
up. This step is important because tcpman will maintain your
modem connection even after you exit unless you specifically
tell it to hang up.
8. You can always use the File Manager to run your winsock
software, though most people prefer to set up icons in the
Windows Program Manager. If you don't know how to do this,
please refer to your MSWindows user manual. You should also
edit DOS' "autoexec.bat" file to include the \metronet
directory in your PATH variable. (Find the line that starts
with "PATH" and append ";C:\METRONET" to the end of it.)
Once all of this is set up, you should be able to run a
winsock program by just clicking on its icon, without having
to first run tcpman; the application should invoke tcpman
automatically, which will then dial-in to our host. (See end
of paragraph for step#2 above for more hints on this).
If you have additional questions, please e-mail them to
support@metronet.com
Thanks for trying us out, and have fun!