INTERNET CONNECTIONS ON WINDOWS 95/98:

SET-UP

Setting up Internet connections on Windows 95/98 is easy. Here, Malawi SDNP shows you how. To complete the installation for dial-up connections on the telephone line, you need to complete three set-ups as follows:

Install TCP/IP Protocol. The TCP/IP protocol is a set of rules that computers use to talk to each other on the Internet. It is often said that the only universal thing about the Internet is that all computers speak TCP/IP.

Install a Dial-up Adapter. This is a device on the computer that enables the computer to make the connections to other computers using a modem and a telephone line

Install a Connection. The Dial-up Connection is the set-up which stores the actual telephone numbers to dial, the username and password for logging into another computer or network.

Malawi SDNP also shows all these steps in detail with actual pictures of windows that you would see as you install in Graphic Display of Steps. However please note that viewing the steps in graphic form requires a good speed connection. If you have problems, then use the less demanding displays in the list above.

When you need services like E-Mail, you need to complete one more set-up for the E-Mail computer program. Malawi SDNP recommends Pegasus Mail.

Pegasus Mail has many advantages:

you can get or down-load a non-commercial ("free") version with all the features,
it is very easy to set-up Pegasus Mail,
runs on Windows (3.11, 95, 98, NT) and DOS.
it supports multiple users with password protection betweeen users for privacy.
can be set-up to run in network mode on a LAN.
more and current information available from Pegasus Mail Home Page

Malawi SDNP provides backup support for Pegasus mail. You can down-load Pegasus Mail for Windows 95/98 from SDNP.You can also down-load the new version of Pegasus Mail for Windows 95/98 from this site. Setting up Pegasus mail is covered in Setting-up Pegasus Mail.

To access WEB pages, you may use Internet Explorer that may have come together with Windows 95/98. You may also choose to install Netscape. You can down-load Netscape from the Netscape Home Site.

Once you have set-up the Windows 95/98 Internet connection, Malawi SDNP offers you the option to change your log-in password. You can change your password at any time you wish to. It is recommended that you change your password regularly to improve network security.

Steps to INSTAL THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL on Windows 95/98.

On ... Select Device ... you will prompted to install a Network Ethernet Card if there is one. Follow the steps and the system will copy device drivers from disk, CD etc. If there is no network card proceed or if you do not want to through with the card then cancel in Select Device window. Now Install Dial-up adapter
for making the connections on the telephone line.