Date: Sat, 4 Mar 1995 21:09:01 -0500
To: macgifts@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU
From: abrody@usnet.us.net (Don't Panic)
Subject: comm/info/InterSLIP-FAQ-3-4-95.txt

Dear Moderators,
Attached is a new update of the FAQ I previously posted.  This post
pre-empts any pre-existing posts of this FAQ.
One note I'd like to mention thanks to people who replied:
I am an end-user of all the software mentioned below, and not the author of
any of these packages.  I provide this FAQ after having 6 months of trouble
setting up a SLIP connection with an Internet service provider that doesn't
have any Macintoshes to speak of.  After finally finding out what
configuration is most apt to give good service, I felt it best to share
this setup with anyone who happens to read this FAQ.

The FAQ begins here:

To setup a proper InterSLIP connection via modem, follow these suggestions
as much as possible by getting:

1. Use MacTCP 2.0.4 (available from the "Internet Starter Kit" by Adam Engst,
   and an upgrade from 2.0.2 to 2.04 from a sumex-aim mirror site).

  Requires: MacTCP DNR to be in your system folder,
  MacTCP to be in your Control Panels folder MacTCP Prep to be in your
  preferences folder

2. Put Interslip 1.0.1 (part of the "Internet Starter Kit"
   or you can get it from Interslip-installer-101.hqx from comm/tcp directory of
   sumex-aim and mirror archives)
   which requires: Interslip Setup in any folder you can access easily

   InterSLIP Extension in your Extensions Folder

   Interslip Folder in your preferences folder

   Trash InterSLIP Control Panel, it was used only in earlier versions of
   InterSLIP.

   You will need a dialing script called a CCL script sent to you by your modem
   manufacture, that you can put in your System Folder/Preferences/Interslip
   Folder/Dialing Scripts
   folder.

3.  Put a gateway script provided by your internet service
provider in your System Folder/Preferences/Interslip Folder/Gateway scripts
folder

4. Your internet service provider should have prior experience setting up
Interslip configurations, who will provide you all the other settings for
MacTCP and Interslip.

5. Get a $15 Hardware Handshaking cable for your modem, if your Internet
service provider gives you option of using Hardware Handshaking (doesn't
make sense for internal modems, thus you should leave Hardware Handshaking
disabled for those modems unless otherwise specified by the modem
manufacturer).

6. If planning to download images larger than 120k in 2 minutes or less,
you will need at least a 9600 BAUD modem.

7. If planning to download a 1 MB movie in 20 minutes or less, you need a
14.4 k BAUD (14,400) modem or faster.


8. To not run any other extensions while connecting to the Internet, other
   than the ones mentioned above. Printing extensions are fine, FAXModem
   extensions are NOT. One person I talked with said he could run with
   FAXmodem extensions loaded.  Though considering FaxSTF that comes with many
   modems does not work, I'd avoid the conflict as much as possible.

9. Do NOT open any Gopher, WWW, E-mail, Telnet, FTP software (called
    TCP/IP clients) until after you have properly connected through
    the Interslip Setup. Proper connection, implies that Interslip Setup says
    connected, and your High Speed (HS), Off-Hook (OH), Terminal Ready (TR),
    Carrier Detect (CD) lights on your modem are all on. It also implies that
    Requesting SLIP Service, and afterwards <Connected> reads out under the
    Disconnect button in InterSLIP setup.  Exceptions that work without this
    problem: Eudora 1.5.1, if not set to scan for messages after X period of
    time (0 minutes), and Netscape 1.0N if the modem power is off.  Others may
    also work.  Please feel free to e-mail me information about other
    applications that do not require a connection be in place or that do not
    attempt to dial for a connection.

10.
    A good modem INIT to help you for your Interslip Setup is (Hayes
    compatible modems only):

    AT&F&C1&D2&Q5&K3Q0E1V1L1X4S7=50S11=95^M

11.  Finally, if going to buy a 28.8k (28,800) BAUD modem, make sure the
Internet Service Provider you choose supports the same protocol as the
modem you buy.  V. 34 and V. Fast (V. FC) are NOT compatible protocols, in
spite of what some modem manufacturers insist.

For other SLIP/PPP setups than Interslip, I don't know anything.
If you have any further questions about setting up the InterSLIP setup, address
them to your Internet Service Provider.
 Hope this piece of the puzzle helps.
***Standard disclaimers apply. I am just an end-user.
 Sincerely,
ABRODY@US.NET (e-mail)