Mac OS 8 Setup Guide - Internet Assistant Wizard

This is a setup guide to aid in connecting to Perigee's Internet Service with Mac OS 8 and the Internet Setup Wizard. One of the first things you'll see after installing OS 8 is the Internet Setup- Assistant. If you don't see it, check in the 'Assistants' folder on your hard drive.

If you have already set up your Internet Assistant, you might want to go through this setup guide anyway, just to make sure that your settings are correct.

Internet Setup Assistant

  1. Double-click the Internet Setup Assistant.

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  2. Click the update button

  3. Click the right arrow on the bottom of the screen to go to the next frame.

  4. Select "Add Internet configuration" and click the right arrow.

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  5. Type in a name for the configuration, then select Modem and click the right arrow.

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  6. Select your modem, the port you want to connect to.  Then select 'Tone' and click the right arrow.

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  7. Type in the Phone number for you area in the first box:
      8. Charlotte: 944-0140
      Monroe: 993-1090
      Gastonia: 914-1024
      Statesville: 903-1002
      Salisbury: 212-1024
      Huntersville: 946-1090
    * Note: It is your responsibility to verify that the access number you use is a local phone call.

    7a. Then type in your login ID and password in lower case and click the right arrow.

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  8. Select 'No' here and click the right arrow.

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  9. Leave DNS Addresses empty and click the right arrow. This setting specifies that your computer will automatically try and obtain these addresses whenever you log in.

    *Note: DNS servers allow the machine to convert names (e.g., www.yahoo.com) into the numbered addresses required by your computer. If your computer cannot resolve these names into addresses for you, then you may have to manually set the DNS addresses. If so, use 206.229.254.2 as your Primary DNS address and 206.229.254.5 as your Secondary DNS address.*

  10. Now type your email address. This should be your Login ID followed by @perigee.net. Make sure there are no spaces here. Type your password in lower case and then click the right arrow key.

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  11. Then type smtp.perigee.net in the second field. Click the right arrow. Again, make sure there are no spaces.

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  12. Now type the news.perigee.net and click the right arrow.

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  13. Click Go Ahead here when you are ready. If you have selected the option above, you will connect to the internet now!

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    You are now ready to connect to Perigee.


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