Telstra Internet Access Kit
Configure this PC with your existing Account Details.
Windows 3.x
 
So you already have an Internet Access Account with Telstra Big Pond Home (formerly known as Telstra On Australia) and you want to setup a second or subsequent PC to allow you to connect?

While not difficult, there are a number of steps to this procedure, instructions have been provided both in this web page and as a Microsoft Write document here. You may want to print a copy of this document so you can refer to it during the configuration.

For this procedure to work, you should have Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 3.x fully installed on your PC. (If you aren't sure if you do, insert the Telstra Internet Access Kit disk in your drive and run setup.exe). This procedure configures Microsoft Internet Explorer to allow you to connect to the Telstra Big Pond Home Service.

Please Note: This procedure 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 Telstra Big Pond Home Username.
  • Your Telstra Big Pond Home Password.
  • The telephone number of the Telstra Big Pond Home POP closest to you.
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;

Domain Name Server (DNS), Primary 139.134.2.2
Domain Name Server (DNS), Secondary 139.134.2.18
Web Server / Home Page http://www.bigpond.com
Mail: POP3 Server mail.bigpond.com
Mail: SMTP Server mail.bigpond.com
News: NNTP Server news.bigpond.com

 

Configuration Instructions
 
0. To configure your PC correctly, this browser should be shut down. Please review these instructions or print a copy for reference before commencing, then click here to close this browser.

1. Configuring your PC to access the Telstra Big Pond Home Service is easy using the Microsoft Internet Setup Wizard. Locate the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" Group in Program Manager and double-click the Icon titled New Connection. Please Note: The Icon titled "Get on the Internet" will lead you through the steps of creating a new account rather than simply configuring your PC.

2. Enter a Name for the new connection object you are creating.

3. Enter the Area Code and Telephone Number of the Telstra Big Pond Home POP (Dial-In Point) you wish to call.

4. Enter the Username and Password of your existing Telstra Big Pond Home account.
Please Note: Entering both your Username and Password here will allow anyone using your PC to connect to the Telstra Big Pond Home Service without entering your Password. If your PC is not in a secure location, you may wish to leave the Password field blank and explicitly enter it each time you connect.

5. The Telstra Big Pond Home Service automatically assigns your PC an address each time your connect, leave this option set as indicated.

6. 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 two DNS addresses as shown.

7. The next part of the Setup helps you configure electronic mail, if you want to read Email from this PC leave this screen as indicated.

8.To automatically pass your Username and Password to the Mail Server when you connect, enter your Telstra Big Pond Home Username and Password here.
Please Note: Entering your Username and Password here will allow anyone else using your PC to read your electronic mail without entering your Password. If your PC is not in a secure location, you may wish to leave the Password field blank and explicitly enter it each time you connect.

9. You now enter your electronic mail details.
The field Full Name will be seen in the "From:" line of electronic mail which you send to others. It is usual to set this to your "friendly" name. (eg: John User)
The field E-Mail Address allows people to reply to your E-Mail. Your E-Mail address is your Username@bigpond.com (eg: johnuser@bigpond.com). It is important that you enter your E-Mail Address in full, otherwise people will not be able to reply to your messages.
The Telstra Big Pond Home Mail servers are mail.bigpond.com, type this in full in both the Incoming and Outgoing fields.

10. The next part of the Setup helps you configure electronic news, if you want to read Usenet News from this PC leave this screen as indicated.

11. The Telstra Big Pond Home News server does not require you to use a Username or Password to connect. Leave the Username and Password fields blank. You do however have to enter the address of the Telstra Big Pond Home News server, it is news.bigpond.com.

12. This finishes the Microsoft Internet Setup Wizard, click Finish to finish the Setup process.
When finished, double-click on the Internet Explorer Icon to connect!


POP Locations: *
Location (POP)** Area Code Phone number
Adelaide 08 8201-7000
Brisbane 07 3361-4000
Canberra
Before 18-Aug-1997
06 217-0700
Canberra
After 18-Aug-1997
02 6217-0700
Central Coast/Gosford
Before 18-Aug-1997
043 493-000
Central Coast/Gosford
After 18-Aug-1997
02 4349-3000
Darwin 08 8943-2000
Geelong 03 5246-5000
Hobart 03 6237-3000
Melbourne 03 9290-0000
Newcastle/Maitland
Before 18-Aug-1997
049 393-000
Newcastle/Maitland
After 18-Aug-1997
02 4939-3000
Perth
Before 5-May-1997
09 262-5000
Perth
After 5-May-1997
08 9262-5000
Penrith
Before 18-Aug-1997
047 205-100
Penrith
After 18-Aug-1997
02 4720-5100
Sydney 02 9296-5000
Townsville
Before 10-Nov-1997
077 500-000
Townsville
After 10-Nov-1997
07 4750-0000
Mornington/Cranbourne 03 5995-2758
Gold Coast/Southport 07 5564-0124
Wollongong/Helensburgh
Before 18-Aug-1997
042 494-225
Wollongong/Helensburgh
After 18-Aug-1997
02 4249-4225

* The above list of Dial-In POP's is current as at June 1997. For updated information, please call the Telstra Big Pond Customer Support Centre on 131-282.

 

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The Telstra Big Pond Home Service is provided by On Australia Pty Ltd,
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