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Article #119re: Dialup access to internet
From: mdlcpgs
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:52
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:52
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Okay, I am in the middle of setting this up. 1/ Find an internet provider. John Houlker at Waikato University is probably a good start. Michael Newbury at Victoria uni. is another. Both can do dial-up internet access. 2/ Decide whether you just need mail, need FTP too. etc. Your internet provider will be able to tell you what options at what cost. It will depend on where you are getting the feed too. Basic options: a/ simplist option is dialup account on host machine. You will have to use Kermit or similar to move stuff back to your machine. b/ Mail only requirements can be achieved with with a mailbox on the host machine and either a UUCP connection or POP2/3 on your local machine. c/ Full connection will need dialup SLIP or PPP on your machine plus a mailbox on host and some means of triggering the transfer. I have found both Michael and John very helpful. What is possible for you will depend on the provider too. A bewildering array of software is available for the local end of things. I may be able to summerise what you can do for a MSDOS machine in a few weeks and certainly give some hints now if you have sorted out the provider end. Phil
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!grace.cri.nz!lhn.gns.cri.nz From: mdlcpgs@lhn.gns.cri.nz Newsgroups: nz.comp Subject: re: Dialup access to internet Message-ID: <2b370174.cae@lhn.gns.cri.nz> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:52:20 GMT Organization: Institute of Gelogical & Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand. Lines: 24