A Brief Word about "Config PPP"

Config PPP is the Control Panel part of MacPPP and some FreePPPs; for Mac System 7.5 and under, this is the software which dials Panix and sets up the PPP connection for use by your Internet applications.

(If you have System 7.1 or later and want a better program for this, you can download FreePPP 2.6 from our Mac Software Page.

In the meantime, this document will guide you through setting up your Config PPP control panel. Enjoy!

Setting Up "Config PPP" for Panix

1. Open the Config PPP Control Panel.

A window should appear, labeled 'Config PPP' in the Title Bar.

2. Verify the following:

"Port Name:" should be the port your modem is plugged into.
"Idle Timeout" should be 'None'.
"Echo Interval" should be 'Off'.
"Terminal Window" should not be checked.
"Hangup on Close" should be checked.

3. Click the 'Config...' button. This will open up a new window.

The text in the 'Server Name:' field will already be selected. Replace it with a distinctive name, like "Nassau 14.4" or "NYC 28.8", etc.

4. Set the 'Port Speed:' pop-up menu to an appropriate speed for your modem.

If you're using a 28.8 modem, this should be set to '57600'.
If it's a 14.4 modem, it should probably be set to '38400'.

5. Leave the 'Flow Control' pop-up menu on 'None', unless you know for certain that your cable supports "hardware handshaking".

If you have a "hardware handshaking cable", you can set this to "CTS & RTS (DTR)", but it's not necessary.

6. Replace the telephone number in the 'Phone num' field with the one you'll be dialing.

If you don't know your local Panix dial-in number, just look at our Modem Numbers page.

7. Put the recommended "init string" for your modem in the "modem init" field.

In most cases, this will be AT&F1, but may change based on your modem's model. For modem-specific init strings, look at our Modem-Specific Help page.

8. Click on the 'Connect Script...' button. This will open yet another dialog.

Look at the Appendix later in this document to determine which script you should use, and enter it into this dialog.

9. Click the 'OK' button. The window will disappear. Click the 'Done' button on the window beneath.

10. Click on the 'Open' button. A window may appear requesting your username and your password.

Type these into the appropriate fields (your password will show up as bullets, not text), and click 'OK'.

Your modem will dial out and attempt to establish a PPP connection.

11. From now on, when you want to open your PPP connection, all you have to do is go to Config PPP and click 'Open'.

APPENDIX I. CONNECT SCRIPTS FOR 'CONFIG PPP'

The PPP dialer called "Config PPP" is actually one of two programs; MacPPP or FreePPP. You can find out what version you have, simply by going into the Config PPP Control Panel and looking at the bottom right corner.

• If you have FreePPP, or MacPPP version 2.2.0a or later, use this script:

  	=-=-=-=-=begin=-=-=-=-=
  	Out/Wait	 Text			Send CR?
  	
  	wait             please?
  	out              ppp                      X
  	wait             name:
  	out              \A                       X
  	wait             word:
  	out              \P                       X
  	wait             PPP.
  	=-=-=-=-=end=-=-=-=-=
  	

• If you're using MacPPP is 2.2.0a or earlier, you'll need to use one of the following scripts.

  Type this one exactly as shown (in other words, do not replace $USERID$ with your actual username; type a dollar sign, capital letters U-S-E-R-I-D, and another dollar sign):

  	=-=-=-=-=Script one=-=-=-=-=
  	Out/Wait	 Text			Send CR?
  	
  	wait             please?
  	out              ppp                      X
  	wait             name:
  	out              $USERID$                 X
  	wait             word:
  	out              $PASSWORD$               X
  	wait             PPP.
  	=-=-=-=-=end=-=-=-=-=
  	

  If that doesn't work, try this one, subsituting your actual username and password where the brackets say to:

  	
  	=-=-=-=-=Script two=-=-=-=-=
  	Out/Wait	Text				Send CR?
  	out                                             X
  	wait		please?
  	out 		ppp 				X
  	wait 		name:
  	out 		[type your login here]		X
  	wait 		word:
  	out 		[type your password here]	X
  	wait            PPP.
  	=-=-=-=-=end=-=-=-=-=
  	

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