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- Connecting To Kali - A Netcruiser's Guide
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-
- I'm writing this because a strange thing happened to me today. I was
- chatting on IRC on the #DESCENT channel when I noticed the topic was
- "Netcruiser's who want to use Kali... you can't!", or something to
- that
- effect.
-
- Well this is an account of the trials and obstacles I (a simple
- Netcruiser account user) went through to finally log on to (and
- successfully play games on) Kali. Yes it can be done.
-
-
- Background
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-
- I am not a computer expert by any means. I am a maintenance man at
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, KY. If you own a Camry or
- one of the new Avalons, then you've seen some of our fine, quality
- vehicles. I am a computer hobbyist who, when I get my mind set on
- something, intend to accomplish it. I was tired of hearing "you're
- a Netcruiser? Oh! you can't Kali!", "you can't Kali! Get a real
- account!". Well, I had a real account and I've used it to connect
- to Kali and play several times. If you have a Netcom Netcruiser
- account and you're interested in using Kali, then read on.
-
-
- Equipment & Software Needed
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-
- I have a standard, $19.95 a month Netcruiser account.
- A different IP address, which is assigned by my Internet host,
- everytime I login.
- A Supra 144i, 14.4k fax / modem.
- The latest Kali package (KALI109H.ZIP as far as I know).
- The PPP / modem packet driver PPP.ZIP
- The Kali chat program, KALI.ZIP
- The Kali ping program, PING.EXE
-
- Setting Up The Software
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-
- KALI.CFG
-
- Nickname = B. Followell
- ; serial =
- ; key =
- ; port = 2213
-
- This file clears out the 15 min. Kali time limit when the correct
- serial # and key # are entered. You don't get those until you
- register Kali, so, don't enter anything. The only thing you need to
- change in this file is the Nickname. If you don't, I'll log on one of
- these days and think I'm logged about 20 times! I'm not sure exactly
- how many characters it will accept, but, I'd limit it to about 15.
-
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-
- DIAL.PPP
-
- send "atz\r"
- recv 3000 "OK\r\n"
- send "atdt{yourdialup#}\r"
- recv 60000 "login: "
- send "#{username}\r"
- recv 6000 "Password: "
- send "{password}\r"
-
- This file may take a little experimentation, but, since we're all
- talking about Netcom, I think it'll probably be ok. You'll need to
- replace {yourdialup#} with your local access phone number (you can
- find it by loading Netcruiser and looking under Settings). Replace
- {username} with your valid username. Make sure you keep the # in
- front of your username. That's what logs you onto a PPP connection.
- Replace {password} with your valid password. And no, you don't need
- the braces around these things when you replace them. If you have any
- problems, keep in mind that the last 2 send commands, print the host
- prompts on your screen just like they're supposed to appear. You may
- want to log on with a standard communications package first just to
- verify that these actually look like the prompts your host gives.
-
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- DIAL.BAT
-
- ppp /c 2 /d script /s 14400
-
- This is just a handy batch file you'll have to enter yourself if you
- want to use it. It'll save you typing a long line of command switches
- and parameters required by PPP.EXE everytime you want to connect. The
- /c # sets the com port of your modem and the /s # sets the baud rate
- you want to connect at.
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-
- WATTCP.CFG
-
- my_ip = 204.31.246.34
- netmask = 255.255.255.0
- gateway = 204.31.246.1
-
- When you connect, the host will send something like this:
-
- PPP session from (163.179.80.2) to 204.31.246.55 ipx 0 beginning....
-
- Your IP address is the "to" value or in this case 204.31.246.55
- Your gateway number will be similar but the last number will be a 1.
- The gateway address for the IP address above would be 204.31.246.1
- Your gateway should never change unless you move or try a different
- dialup number. Your IP address will change everytime, but, only the
- last number should change. For example, you may be on 204.31.246.55
- this session and then 204.31.246.23 then next time. I left the
- netmask value alone and it worked fine for me.
-
-
- Running Kali
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-
- o Boot your PC so that it's ready to play Descent, Doom2, Heretic or
- whatever you're wanting to play.
-
- o Go to the directory that contains the PPP driver and run DIAL.BAT. If
- everything is going alright, you should connect to a PPP line on
- your host.
-
- o Your host will display the IP address for your current session. Write
- down the IP address. Then, edit WATTCP.CFG and change the my_ip line
- so that the IP address matches yours for this session. Save it and
- exit.
-
- o Run KALI.EXE
- KALI {IP address of the Kali server}
- I know of one at 204.96.20.10 There are supposed to be others, but,
- I havn't been able to connect to them.
-
- o You should see a little message about "looking for nodes...."
- Once you are connected to the Kali server your screen will
- display a list of users connected to the Kali server, their IP
- addresses, and their current status.
-
- o You should start KCHAT.EXE to set up your games. This is and IRC type
- chat program that lets you talk to other Kali players to setup games
- etc.
-
- o Once you get a game decided upon and eveything set, exit Kchat and run
- your game like you normally would for a network game.
-
- o That should be it!
-
-
- Looking Back
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-
- I won't swear that everyone will be able to follow these instructions to
- log on, but, I think most people on the net should be able to figure it
- out. I also won't swear that this will answer all of your questions or
- help you make your games run faster or help you set your games up
- properly. All of that is beyond the scope of this file. It was just meant
- to get you online with Kali. The rest will take some experimentation on
- your part.
- I will, however, be more than happy to help anyone I can. If you have a
- problem, a question about something in this file, something you think
- should be added to this file, by all means, email me! I can also be
- found quite often on IRC channels #doom or #descent.
- Again, I this doesn't help everyone, I'm sorry. This is my first attempt
- at an FAQ / how to file. I'm sure it will go through future revisions.
- Also, if anyone finds the IP addresses of other Kali servers, email me
- with the details so I can add them to this file.
-
-
- Credits
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-
- Michael Sutton - caustic@teleport.com, who wrote the "How to Setup and
- Run Kali with PPP" file that helped me and is the basis for this file.
- "Thanks loads Michael! I couldn't have done it without you!"
-
- Merit Network, Inc., for their fine PPP packet driver.
-
- Jay Cotton - jay@calc.vet.uga.edu, for his fine piece of software. Of
- course I'm talking about Kali itself. Everyone register. I mean it's
- only $20! I'm sending my check in Monday!
-
- I'm sure there are others that I forgot to mention. If anyone is offended
- then, my apologies. Email me and I'll put you in the next revision.
-
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-
- This file was written and is maintained by Byron Followell
- followel@ix.netcom.com
-