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![]() IMPORTANT
So you already have an Internet Access Account with Telstra Big PondŽ Home and you want to setup a second or subsequent PC to allow you to connect? For this procedure to work, you should have Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 95 fully installed on your PC. (If you aren't sure if you do, insert the Telstra Big Pond Home Internet Access Kit CD in your drive and run setup.exe). This procedure configures Microsoft Internet Explorer to allow you to connect to Telstra Big Pond Home. Please Note: This configuration does NOT create an Internet Access Account. If you do not have an Internet Access Account with Telstra Big Pond Home yet, click here to apply. Before you can correctly configure your PC, you need to know a few things;
Your Username and Password should already be known to you, a list of our current POP locations is included here. In addition to the above items, you will need the following information;
Configuration Instructions 1. Configuring your PC to access the
Telstra Big Pond Home Service is easy using the Microsoft Internet Setup Wizard. To start
the Wizard, click the Start button on the Task Bar, then select Programs, Accessories,
Internet Tools and finally, the Icon titled Get on the Internet. This will
start the Internet Connection Wizard, as below. 2. On the next screen, "Setup
Options", select Manual setup. 3. The Internet Connection Wizard
now decides it needs help, so it starts the Internet Setup Wizard! 4. Most people will be using a Modem
to connect to the Internet. If this is true for you, check the Connect using my phone
line option. 5. The Wizard now wants to know if
you wish to use Microsoft Exchange to read your Internet Mail or some other mail program.
If you installed Microsoft Internet Mail when you installed Internet Explorer, select No,
Mail will be setup later. 6. Type a Name for the
Internet connection object you are about to create. 7. Enter the Area Code and Telephone
Number of the Telstra Big Pond Home POP (Dial-In Point) you wish to call. 8. Enter the Username and Password
of your existing Telstra Big Pond Home account. 9. The Telstra Big Pond Home Service
automatically assigns your PC an address each time you connect. 10. Domain Name Servers DNS are devices which perform translation between the numeric addresses which are used by computers and the names which are more commonly used by Internet users. The Telstra Big Pond Home DNS's are 139.134.2.2
and 139.134.2.18, enter these addresses as shown. 11. This ends the initial connection configuration step, click Finish. Once the Wizard has finished, you will be
able to connect to the Internet by double-clicking the Icon titled The Internet on
your desktop. Back to the Setup page. Internet Mail Configuration 12. The first time you run Internet
Mail, the Internet Mail Setup Wizard will help you configure Mail correctly. 13. Enter your Name and E-Mail
Address. 14. The Telstra Big Pond Home Mail
server's address is mail.bigpond.com, enter this address in both the Incoming
and Outgoing fields. 15. Enter your Telstra Big Pond Home
Username and Password here. 16. Select how you wish to connect.
If you normally use both the Web and E-Mail each time you connect, check the option, I
connect manually as shown here. 17. The Internet Mail Configuration
Wizard will now finalise your settings! Back to the Setup page. Internet News Configuration 18. The first time you run Internet
News, the Internet News Configuration Wizard will help you configure it! 19. Enter your Name and E-Mail
Address. Your Name will appear in the "From:" line of messages you post in
UseNet News Groups. Your E-Mail Address will let people send replies to you directly via
E-Mail instead of replying to the entire News Group. Please be sure to enter your full
E-Mail address here. Your E-Mail Address is your Username@bigpond.com. 20. The Telstra Big Pond Home News
Server's address is news.bigpond.com enter this here. Our News Server does not
require you to logon. Leave the box "My news server requires me to logon" blank.
21. Select how you wish to connect.
If you normally use the Web or E-Mail and News each time you connect, check the option, I
connect manually as shown here. 22. You are now ready to read
Internet News! 23. The first time you connect to
the News server, you will be told that you are not subscribed to any News Groups and be
given the option to see a list of available groups. Select Yes to get a current
list of available News Groups. This will take a couple of minutes.
POP Locations:
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The Telstra Big
Pond Home Service is provided by On Australia Pty Ltd,
a 100% owned subsidiary of Telstra Corporation Ltd.
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