• 204.176.0.13 gray.maine.com, paris.maine.com
• 204.176.0.14 auburn.maine.com, brunswick.maine.com, portland.maine.com
• 204.176.0.16 driki.maine.com (for those using `maine' and `moose')

Step 1: Verify that Dial-up Networking is Installed

Press the START button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the Windows Setup tab, then click on the Communications option and press Details.... Make sure that the Dial-up Networking option is selected. If it is, go on to step 2. If it isn't, select it and click OK. Windows 95 will attempt to install the needed drivers, so make sure you've got your installation disks or CD handy! Now that Dial-up Networking is installed, you can proceed to step 2.

Step 2: Verify that the Dial-up Adapter and TCP/IP Protocol are Installed

Press the START button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. You'll see a dialog box. Make sure the Configuration tab is selected. If both the Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP are present, you're ready to proceed to step 3.

To add the Dial-Up Adapter, hit the Add... button, double-click Adapter, then scroll down the list until you can select Microsoft. Choose the Dial-Up Adapter and hit OK.

If you need to install TCP/IP, hit the Add... button, double-click Protocol, then select Microsoft, then TCP/IP, and hit OK.

Now your Network dialog box should contain both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP. Select the adapter, click Properties..., Bindings, and make sure the TCP/IP box is checked. You're now ready to proceed to step 3.

Step 3: Verify that the SLIP drivers are Installed

Press the START button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the Windows Setup tab, then check to make sure that the SLIP and Scripting for Dial-Up Networking option is present and checked. If it is, proceed to step 4.

If SLIP and Scripting is not present, make sure the Windows 95 CD is in your CD-ROM drive (if you do not have the CD version of Windows 95, download dscrpt.exe from MaineStreet's Win95 area. Go to the Control Panel and double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. You should get a dialog box.

Select the Windows Setup tab up top. Then press the Have Disk... button. You should get the Install From Disk dialog box.

Assuming your CD-ROM drive is E:, type the path e:\admin\apptools\dscript in the Copy manufacturer's files from: text area. Press OK and you should get the Have Disk dialog box. Check the SLIP and Scripting for Dial-Up Networking box. Press Install and Windows 95 will copy the files to the right place on your hard drive.

Note:When you install the SLIP drivers, Windows 95 also installs the Dial-up scripting tools.

Step 4: MaineStreet Uses Static Addressing

Step 5: Configure your TCP/IP Protocol for Static IP

Now that the driver is installed, you need to configure it so it will work with Windows 95. Go to the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon. You will get another dialog box .

Click on the TCP/IP protocol and press the Properties... button. You should get the TCP/IP Properties box.

There are six sections in this dialog box. We'll deal with them in order.

IP Address

WINS Configuration

Gateway

Bindings

Advanced

DNS Configuration

Step 6: Set up the Connection Icon

Type in "MaineStreet" to label the icon you're about to create. Your modem (which should have been configured when you installed Windows 95) should be shown in the Select a modem: area. Press the Configure button and you'll get a dialog box.

In the General section, Crank up your modem speed to as fast as you think it will go. If you have a 14.4K modem, for example, make the maximum speed 57600. DO NOT, however, select Only connect at this speed. This will let your modem adjust as the connection needs.

Leave the defaults in the Connection section.

Next, select the Options section. MAKE SURE you check the Bring up terminal window after dialing box. This is extremely important! Then hit the OK button.

Click the Next > button in the Make New Connection wizard. Enter in the phone number you will call. You may want to put in *70, (with the comma) to disable Call Waiting.

Press the Finish button and your icon will be created.

Step 7: Setting the Dial-Up Properties

Select your newly-created connection icon, press the right mouse button and choose Properties... You should get a dialog box named `MaineStreet'.

Press the Server Type... button. You'll get the Server Types dialog box.

In the Type of Dial-Up Server section, press the down arrow to drop down the list box and choose SLIP.

Make sure that Log on to network in the Advanced options: section IS NOT checked. Also, make sure that TCP/IP in the Allowed network protocols: section IS checked. Then press the OK button.

Hit the OK button in the remaining dialog box.

Step 8: Attach Your Script to the Dial-up Profile

Copy the two scripts at the end of this file into \Program Files\Accessories\ folder, one as MSTREET.SCP and the other as MOOSE.SCP.

Press the START button, select Programs, Accessories, then Dial-Up Scripting Tool. You'll see the utility's dialog box.

Your current dial-up profile(s) will be listed in the text area on the left (as shown in the picture). Select the `MaineStreet' profile and then press the Browse button. If you saved your script in the Accessories folder, it should appear in the dialog box. Select either `MSTREET.SCP' for regular users or `MOOSE.SCP' for our free web access and press Open.

If you'd like to troubleshoot your script (recommended for the first time through), select the Step through script option. Upon connection, this will allow you to "step through" each line of your script and see the result in a terminal screen. When your script is working properly, select the Start terminal screen minimized option to keep the script window minimized when you connect.

There is more information below on troubleshooting your script.

Press the Apply button (it's best to keep the Dial-up Scripting Tool dialog box open until you finish troubleshooting your script) and get ready to try your script! When you are certain it works, you can press OK to close the Dial-up Scripting Tool. It does not have to be open when you connect for the script to work.

Step 9: Dialing in and Getting Connected

Double-click your `MaineStreet' session icon. You'll get the Connect To dialog box with your user name in the appropriate text area.

Press the Connect button and your modem should start dialing. After a few rings, MaineStreet's modems and server should answer. After the handshaking signals, a Post-dial terminal window will appear.

Press F7 or click the Continue (F7) button and you should be connected! If all went well, you'll see a Connected to Dial-up SLIP dialog box. Go ahead and fire up those 32-bit Winsock apps!

Step A: Troubleshooting your Script

IMPORTANT! Before you connect and use your script, go to My Computer, double-click Dial-up Networking, select your dial-up profile, click the right mouse button, and select Properties. Underneath your modem (in the Connect using section), press the Configure button. Select the Options tab and make sure that in the Connection Control area, NEITHER OPTION IS SELECTED. Even though you probably had the Bring up terminal window after dialing option selected previously, the Dial-up Scripting Tool opens a terminal window anyway. Leaving this option checked will cause your script to fail.

Using Dial-up Networking, connect to your Internet service provider. Make sure your username and password are entered into the dialog box, since your script will need these variables to connect. If you chose to step through the script, a terminal window will appear upon connect and let you step through your script by pressing F7. Watch the result closely to track down errors in your script. You can press F3 during this process to cancel at any time.

Once your script connects reliably, turn off the Step through script option in the Dial-up Scripting Tool dialog box. You can also close the Dial-up Scripting Tool. It does not need to be open for the script to run. It will run automatically with your dial-up connection as long as it is attached properly.

MaineStreet's Dial-up Scripts

MSTREET.SCP

; MaineStreet's regular login.

; Main entry point to script
;
proc main

   ; Delay for 2 seconds first
   ; to make sure the host 
   ; doesn't get confused when
   ; we send the
   ; two carriage-returns.

   delay 2
   transmit "^M^M"

   ; Hit it again to make 
   ; sure it's awake

   delay 1
   transmit "^M^M"

   ; Wait for the login 
   ; prompt before entering
   ; the user ID

   waitfor "name>"
   transmit $USERID
   transmit "^M"

   ; Enter the password

   waitfor "word>"
   transmit $PASSWORD
   transmit "^M"

   ; Now do the host login

   waitfor "ogin:"
   transmit $USERID
   transmit "^M"

   ; Enter the password

   waitfor "word:"
   transmit $PASSWORD
   transmit "^M"

   waitfor "$"
   transmit "exec slip"
   transmit "^M"

endproc

MOOSE.SCP

; MaineStreet's free web access

; Main entry point to script
;
proc main

   ; Delay for 2 seconds first
   ; to make sure the host
   ; doesn't get confused when
   ; we send the two
   ; carriage-returns.

   delay 2
   transmit "^M^M"

   ; Hit is again to make
   ; sure it is awake

   delay 1
   transmit "^M^M"

   ; Wait for the login
   ; prompt before entering
   ; the user ID

   waitfor "name>"
   transmit "maine"
   transmit "^M"

   ; Enter the password

   waitfor "word>"
   transmit "moose"
   transmit "^M"

   waitfor "SLIP"
   delay 2

endproc