Setting Up Windows NT3.51 for RAS and TCP/IP Connection to the Internet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following are guidelines to set up Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 so that you can use the internal TCP/IP stack to connect to the Internet. The first part of these instructions is similar to those provided to me by Digital Equipment support personnel working under contract to Microsoft answering Windows NT3.51 setup questions. Before starting the installation, you should have your Internet provider’s server name and number, and your login name and IP address. For my Internet provider, MaineStreet Communications, that data would be, respectively, gray.maine.com, 204.176.0.13, yourusername, and 192.0.2.1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the Setup Procedure Goto Control Panel: Select Network Icon Popup: Windows NT networking is not installed, Install it now? Select YES Popup: Enter path to I386 directory or designate floppy drive Select CONTINUE Popup: Setup can automatically detect and install your network adapter card in your computer……… Select DO NOT DETECT Popup: Setup did not detect a network card, if your network is remote such as a telephone line, Setup can automatically install Microsoft Remote Access…. Select REMOTE Popup: Windows NT TCP/IP installation options. Check the appropriate box for what you will need(i.e., FTP Server,Simple TCP/IP Services, etc.) Select OK. In the Network Settings Popup, under Installed Network Software, select TCP/IP. Then select Configure. In the TCP/IP Configuration Popup, Select DNS. In the DNS Configuration Popup, enter your user name in the Host Name text entry box. Enter your internet providers domain name(i.e.name.com) in the Domain Name text entry box, and the number xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the Domain Name Service Search Order data entry box, and then select Add to add the DNS number to the search order list in the right hand box. For MaineStreet, these entries would be maine.com in the Domain Name text entry box, and 204.176.0.13 in the Domain Name Service Search Order data entry box. Select OK all the way back out to the Network Settings Popup. Whenever you are asked to reboot your computer, do so, as this installs and updates the networking. Popup: Remote Access Setup You will receive a warning about automatic network restoration being disabled… Select OK Popup: Remote Access Setup Select CONFIGURE Select DIAL OUT (Note, you have 2 other choices: receive and dial out and receive) Verify modem selection, com port and baud rate Select OK Select NETWORK Select TCP/IP ONLY Select OK Select CONTINUE Popup: Network setting warning about NETBEUI not installed….. Select OK Popup: Domain/Workgroup Setting Verify Workgroup and Computer name Select OK Popup: Windows NT Workstation Networking Setup Select OK Popup: Windows Workstation Networking now installed, Restart Computer Select OK Goto Remote Access: Popup: Remote Access Create an entry by selecting ADD Popup: Add Phone Book Entry Type an Entry Name Type the Phone Number Type a Description if you want one(optional) UNCHECK Authenticate using current username and password Select proper COM Port Select: Modem in the Add Phone Book Entry Popup Popup: Modem Settings Verify baud rate Check- Enable hardware flow control Check- Enable modem error control Uncheck- Enable modem compression Uncheck: Enter modem commands manually Select OK Select: Network in the Add Phone Book Entry Popup Popup: Network Protocol settings Do This If your Internet Provider Provides A SLIP Connection Select SLIP Uncheck - Force header compression Check- Use default gateway on remote network Select the default frame size of 1006 (unless your provider says differently) Note: Mainestreet customers should use 1500. Select OK Do This If your Internet Provider Provides a PPP Connection Select PPP Check - TCP/IP box Select TCP/IP Settings Popup: PPP TCP/IP Settings Select Server assigned IP address or select Require specific IP address and enter static IP address Select Server assigned name server addresses unless your provider gives you a DNS. In that case, select Use specific name server addresses, and enter the DNS address. Select Use VJ header compression if at 14,400 baud or lower (otherwise, leave unchecked) Select Default gateway on remote network Select OK Popup: Network Protocol settings Select OK Now you are back in the Add Phone Book Entry Popup Select: Security in the Add Phone Book Entry Popup Popup: Security Settings Select Accept any authentication including clear text Before dialing script: select NONE After dialing script: select Terminal to manually log on select the name of your logon script to automatically log on Select OK Select OK in the Add Phone Book Entry Popup Exit RAS and restart your computer Select RAS Select Dial Follow your usual logon sequence Note 1: When using SLIP, you have to manually enter your IP address in the space provided in the lower right corner of the terminal screen. (you will only have to do this once) Note 2: Do not use MS Loopback adapter unless you are using NETBEUI or IPX/SPX and connecting to a RAS server using those protocols or you selected the dial-in option. Do not use MS Loopback if you have a network card. Note 3: With a floppy disk installation, IPX/SPX and NETBEUI are installed automatically(even if you do not select those options). Upon reboot, you will receive various errors in regards to those protocols because of no MS Loopback adapter. Remove the protocols and the errors will go away. This only happens with floppy version, not CD version. LOGON SCRIPT The logon script is in the switch.inf file which is in the WINNT35\system32 \ras directory. A switch.inf file that will work for Mainestreet is as follows. Just rename your switch.inf file, create a new empty switch.inf file in the \ras directory and copy this text into that file [Login for username] COMMAND= NoResponse COMMAND= NoResponse COMMAND= OK="name>" LOOP= COMMAND=username OK="word>" LOOP= COMMAND=password OK="ogin:" LOOP= COMMAND=username OK="word:" LOOP= COMMAND=password OK="$" LOOP= COMMAND= exec slip OK= In the above script, replace username with your own username, and replace password with your own password. Notice that this file is not secure, since your password is not encrypted. If you were running a PPP connection, there is a method whereby your password could be encrypted. For further information on scripts, read the original switch.inf file and read the RAS help files. NewShell Problems With Internet Applications There is a "feature" in the Windows NT 3.51 NewShell that disables the ability of any Internet application, such as Netscape, Eudora, etc., that is installed while the NewShell is implemented, to connect to the Internet. Netscape has posted the following workaround. That document, technical note 10120, is reproduced below. How to get Netscape Navigator to work with Windows NT NewShell Technical note: 10120 Created: 01/03/96 by Brian Product: Netscape Navigator Operating system:Windows NT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you try to run the 32-bit version of Netscape Navigator (1.x or 2.0) on a Windows NT system with the "Windows 95 Shell Preview" ("NewShell") installed, you will get this error as soon as Netscape Navigator starts up: Netscape was unable to create a network socket connection. There may be insufficient system resources or the network may be down. (Reason: Invalid argument) Try connecting again later or try restarting Netscape. You can also try restarting Windows. To solve this, go into the Windows NT registry by running "regedt32", then go to this section: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths Delete the entries there for NETSCAPE.EXE, NAPLAYER.EXE, and any other applications which have trouble with NewShell. You should now be able to run Netscape Navigator under NewShell without any trouble. Find out more about Netscape at info@netscape.com, or call 415/528-2555. Copyright © 1995 Netscape Communications Corporation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the above suggestions should allow the user to connect successfully to the Internet. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reed's Home Page © 1996 Reed W. Markley Send Email to rmarkley@maine.com rev. Feb. 1, 1996