These screen shots and
instructions will help you run through the Internet Setup Assistant to setup
your computer to access Pacific Online. Some of these Screen Shots may vary
slightly from whatever version of OS8 or OS9 you are using; this should not effect setting up the Internet Setup
Assistant in any way, they all ask for basically the same information.
If you have any questions about configuring the Internet Setup Assistant
please contact us at Pacific
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Step 1
Open your hard drive and find the folder marked Assistants.
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Step 2
Double click on Internet Setup Assistant. |
Step 3
Now click on the button labeled Register. If you do not see Register look for Update or Configure. |
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Step 4
Click the right arrow to continue.
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Step 5
Click on "Add Internet configuration".
Click the right or arrow to continue.
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Step 6
Name the configuration something simple that you will be sure to
recognize. This
can be your login name, your email address, or maybe just Pacific Online or
pon.net but in any event you can use upper or lower-case letters,
spaces, and just about anything else. Make sure to select the dot next
to "Modem" and not LAN.
Click the right arrow to continue. |
Step 7
Select your modem from the list. If your modem does not appear on the list,
select the brand closest to your modem. If you do not see anything close to
what your modem is, select "". If you are using an I-Mac
select "I-Mac Internal 56k". Be sure that the pull-down
selection is set to "Modem Port" and that the type of
dialing tone is set to "Tone dialing".
Click the right arrow to continue. |
Step 8
Enter the dialup phone number for your area in the first box.
If you are local to Santa Rosa / Rohnert Park area use 581-0171,
otherwise either check our website
list or contact us.
Please be aware that we will not be held responsible for long-distance
charges incurred by using these phone numbers to dial into our
service. If you have any doubt as to whether or not the dialup
number(s) we have for your area will be a toll-free call or not please
check either with your operator or your phone book before using the
phone number.
Click the right arrow to continue. |
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Step 9
Unless you have specifically requested and paid for a Static IP
from Pacific Online, leave the dot nect to "No". Click on
the right arrow to continue.
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Step 10
Be sure to enter the DNS addresses exactly as they are shown.
After your type in the first server hit "Return" on your
keyboard to jump to the second line so you can enter the second server
name. Be sure that the Domain Name is entered in exactly as it is
shown below.
Click on the right arrow to continue.
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Step 11
Your E-mail address will be your email address with Pacific Online.
Your Email password will be, of course, your email password.
Click on the right arrow to continue.
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Step 12
For the first box enter your email address, but instead of
typing @pon.net enter @pop3.pon.net; for example if your email address
is me@pon.net you would enter me@pop3.pon.net in this
box. Now enter in smtp.pon.net in the second box. Please enter both
the first and second box contents as lowercase with no spaces before
or after the names.
Click on the right arrow to continue. |
Step 13
Included in your Pacific Online internet access is the ability to subscribe and read, free of
charge, over 50,000 newsgroups. If you do not know what a newsgroup is,
basically it is a place for people to go with similar hobbies and such
to meet, exchange ideas and the like. If this is not something you are
interested in doing, just leave the box blank and click the right
arrow at the bottom of the screen to continue.
If you wish to setup newsgroups you will need to tell the computer what the NNTP,
or news server, is. Enter in news.pon.net lowercase without any spaces
before or after the name.
Click on the right arrow to continue. |
Step 14
Congratulations! You have successfully
completed the setup of Pacific Online on your computer. If you wish to
connect immeadately after finishing the setup of your computer check
the box at the bottom labeled "Connect when finished".
To conclude the setup of Pacific Online click on Go Ahead.
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