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- An MSN user's guide to connecting to Kali
- revision 1.0 by: Kent Frechette
-
- Special thanks to the creator of Kali: Jay Cotton
-
-
- First of all, what is Kali? Essentially, Kali is a game driver for
- the internet. Games written for play on LANs using the IPX protocol
- can now be played via the internet using the Kali server and
- software. A few examples: Doom, Heretic, Descent, Virtual Pool,
- Warcraft 2, Command and Conquer etc.
-
- "Sounds neat, but I bet it'll cost me a fortune in phone bills and
- sign-up fees." First off, stop being so darned negative! =)
- Actually, the only phone bill you will be paying is the one you
- already pay for MSN Internet access. As far as sign-up fees go,
- Kali software is in Beta much like Netscape is. You can register
- Kali for $20 or use it for free. There is an advantage to paying
- the one time fee of $20 though: Unregistered users get kicked out
- after 15 minutes, and then must log back in. Registered users can
- play as long as they desire.
-
- This document will not provide instructions on accessing Kali over
- an Ethernet network, or from any other ISP. This document only
- deals with accessing Kali via MSN, and you must have MSN full
- Internet access or forget it. Also, if you don't have a 28800 modem
- forget it, no one will play with you. Not because they are snobs,
- but because 28800 access is sometimes slow...imagine 14400. You
- have people connecting with ISDN and T1 lines, they don't want
- their games compromised by some punk with a 14400 connection.
-
- Keep in mind, some of the games are slow at this point, but Kali is
- new and is improving greatly day by day.
-
- OK, enough chatter, let's get to the most essential part of
- Kali---setting the bloody thing up. I did this blind with a great
- many headaches, but my pain can be your gain. Here is how you do
- it:
-
- (1) You will need 2 pieces of software, both of which can be
- downloaded for free from
-
- http://kali.net/
-
- (a) Kalippp.doc
- (b) Kalippp.zip
-
- All I had was Kalippp.zip, which is all you need to access and
- use Kali, but the doc file really shed some light on what is
- needed when accessing Kali over a PPP account, which MSN
- Internet is. Even though I did this using only the zip file,
- I highly recommend getting the doc file, just in case my
- instructions are not clear enough.
-
-
-
- (2) OK, you have the software. Unzip Kalippp.zip to its own
- directory. Print out this doc file (makes it easier than
- having to edit the sucker all the time). Now leave Windows 95.
- Kali still does not work under 95. There is now an OS/2
- version, but the Windows 95 version is still unfinished, but
- being worked on. Go to pure DOS. It will not function in a DOS
- environment within Windows 95.
-
- (3) All right, we're now in DOS. Change to the directory with all
- your Kali files. It's fun time.
-
- (4) Type 'load'. This will flash a bunch of lines, some having to
- do with Ethernet access. Ignore all that. Eventually you'll
- get to the PPP screen. There will be a disclaimer saying that
- there is a full version of PPP that you can order...yutta
- yutta yutta...hitting Escape will get you by that. Now you are
- at the main PPP menu. You should have 5 selections to choose
- from.
-
- (5) We'll start with the first: Connect. Once Connect is chosen,
- you'll see Current. At this point, there are no specific
- settings. Therefore we must edit Current. You do this
- by hitting F1.
-
- (6) Now you have a menu of 6 choices. For the most part, we are
- only concerned with the first two: Port and Modem. The other
- choices are already filled out with their defaults, all of
- which worked for me over the MSN PPP.
-
- (7) I/O Port: This is where you set your com port. My modem is a
- USR 28800 Sportster set to its default configuration.
- Therefore, I chose com2.
-
- (8) Interrupt: Unless you changed your computer's configuration,
- or a jumper on an internal modem, com1 and com3 always use
- interrupt 4, and com2 and com4 use interrupt 3. I set mine to
- interrupt 3.
-
- (9) Baudrate: For 28800, you want to choose 115200. If you have
- problems at this speed, drop it to 57600. If your UART is not
- a 16550 (get one!), you can't choose anything higher than
- 38400.
-
- (10) Flow Control, Open Type, Listen, Connection Type, Frame Type.
- Leave all of these at their default settings.
-
- (11) Modem Settings: If you have a modem other than a Hayes
- compatible or a USR, get out your manual that came with it.
- Otherwise, read on.
-
- (12) Phone Number: Put in whatever number you dial for MSN and the
- Internet here.
-
- (13) Modem Name: Just give your modem a name. I called mine Betty
- (she's a real sweet gal), it really doesn't matter.
-
- (14) Command Strings. This is where you may run into trouble if you
- have some funky WalMart modem. The Init string for Hayes
- compatibles is at&f2, and for the USR it is at&f1. I didn't
- touch the first 2 init strings, only the empty 3rd one. I put
- in at&f1, but remember, I have a USR.
-
- (15) Again, unless you have a weird modem, use the defaults for
- Dialing Prefix, Answer String, and Hang-up string.
-
- (16) Timers/Counter: All defaults
-
- (17) That's it. Everything else is defaulted already, and I found
- them all to work with MSN PPP.
-
- (18) Press Escape on the configuration menu. It will ask you if you
- want to save the new config. Choose Yes to Save and write
- net.cfg. Now choose exit. You may get an error about the PPP
- not being connected. That is fine.
-
- (20) Now, it may look like your computer is locked. Don't freak and
- do a C-A-D like I did. Just hit the spacebar, and you'll be
- back to a DOS prompt. Type Unload. For some reason beyond me,
- you must type Unload after making changes in the PPP
- settings.
-
- (21) Shampoo and rinse. Repeat as necessary
-
- (22) Type Load like we did to begin this whole shebang. Get to the
- main menu and select Connect. Now we are ready to dial up
- Bill's place. Press enter to select Current. You should see
- messages about your modem being initialized and then dialed.
- You should know your modem sounds by now to know if all is
- going well or not.
-
- (23) If all went well, the dialing screen will disappear and you'll
- come to a logon screen. It may take a sec, but be patient.
- First you should see the Cust@ message that MSN assigns us,
- and then the logon comes up. This part got me...
-
- (24) For your ID, you can not just put in your ID. It must be
- MSN/yourid. The 'MSN' has to be in all caps and the slash has
- to be there as well. After about 50 bad password messages, I
- figured I was doing something wrong. I went into 95 and looked
- at the dial up networking icon associated with MSN Internet,
- and sure enough, there it was: User ID: MSN/Frechette
-
- (25) Password: Just put in your normal password. Mine is...hey!
-
- (26) Once you have everything in, MSN should give you your IP
- (internet protocol address). When you see that, hit Alt-S. If
- all went well, you should be taken back to the main menu with
- some new choices added. Read through the kalippp.doc for
- instructions on testing the speed of your connection.
-
- (27) That is it. You are now connected to MSN via DOS. But the goal
- was to get to Kali, right? Well, you figure that part out.
- Goodnight!.....kidding.
-
- (28) From now on, all you have to do is go to DOS, change to the
- Kali directory, type load, choose Connect, hit enter on
- Current, fill in your username and password.
-
-
-
- Now we must do a one time configuration of Kali.
-
- (1) Edit the kali.cfg file. To do this, just type edit kali.cfg
- from within the Kali directory, of course. If your mouse
- doesn't work, exit, go to the DOS directory and type Mouse.
-
- (2) While in the kali.cfg, change nickname to whatever you wish to
- be referred to on Kali. If you ever used IRC, you know the
- basic setup of Kali's chats. Put in your real name, and email.
- Make sure Tracker is filled out as well...it should have been
- filled out already anyway. That is it. Save the file and exit.
-
- (3) Now edit kchat.cfg the same way you did kali.cfg. Just change
- the nickname to the same nickname you chose in kali.cfg. Save
- and exit.
-
- (4) While still in the kali directory, type Kali /a. It will show
- you a list of servers. I'll list a few here for you.
-
- Kali Central -- 204.96.20.10
- 24hrs a day, 7 days a week
-
- Kali.Net -- NEW IP! -- 206.197.190.20
- 24hrs a day, 7 days a week
-
- Kali.Internexus.Net -- 204.213.70.6
- 24hrs a day, 7 days a week
- Join this server for FAST T1/ISDN games! (8 plyrs!)
-
- CastleNetServ -- 204.97.214.4
-
- AXXIS Kali Konnection -- 205.199.96.2
-
- Netrus.net -- 198.83.136.1
-
- FlexNet -- 193.130.144.1
-
-
-
- MCB GameWorld -- 194.96.2.60
-
- ITW -- 204.170.66.6
-
- Starlink -- 206.26.42.5
-
- Microplex -- 203.2.75.12
-
- Intercom -- 205.233.129.10
-
- Home Town -- 205.244.188.10
-
- Kali Central is sort of run by Jay Cotton, which is located on
- texas.net's machines... All the servers are now well populated,
- with Castle, Axxis, and Central being the most popular.
-
- (5) Connect to one of the servers by typing: Kali <server>. For
- example: Kali 205.244.188.10 will get you to Home Town.
-
- (6) Now you are on a server. Type Kali /s to see a list of the
- players there. It also shows what they are playing. DescentR
- is Descent registered. If it says KCHAT, that means they are
- in a chat room talking. Go there by typing kchat. It is here
- that you can meet people and set up a game. You'll also meet
- people here that will help you learn your way around Kali, and
- playing the many games.
-
- (7) I got you this far. Now experiment on your own.
-
-
- Remember: You must have these games on your system to play them.
-
-
- Kent Frechette is the Video Games Forum Manager on MSN
-
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