How to set up OpenTransport / PPP with
Shouting Ground Technologies

OpenTransport should be included with your Macintosh OS, if the version is recent enough. You will need to have OpenTransport installed to use these instructions.

Compatability

TCP Setup

• Open the TCP/IP Control Panel.

• The settings:

  Click on the Connect via: menu and select PPP.
  Click the Configure: menu and select Using PPP server.
  IP Address: (Will be supplied by server)
  Subnet mask: (Will be supplied by server)
  Router address: (Will be supplied by server)
  In the Name server addr. box, type the following addresses:
  

       66.209.192.5
       66.209.192.15
  

  
  Implicit Search Path: (Leave this blank)
  Starting Domain: shout.net
  Ending Domain: (Leave this blank)
  Additional search domains: (Leave this blank)
  

• Click the Options button,

  and select Make TCP/IP active, and Load when needed. Next click OK.

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  Here's what the final result should look like.

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• Close the TCP/IP Control Panel.

• Reboot your Macintosh. (Even if it doesn't ask you to. Trust me.)

PPP Setup

• Open the PPP Control Panel

• The settings:

• Connection: You should select Registered User here.
  Put your login name in the Name: field. Login names are all lower case.
  Put your password in the Password: field.
  (Click the Save password box if you want the computer to remember what your password is.)
  Number: The access number from your customer startup sheet goes here. The dashes "-" are not needed. You do not need to specify the area code unless this is not a local number.

• Click the Options button, bring the Protocol tab to the front, and check the box marked Use TCP header compression.
  Bring the Connection tab to the front, and check Connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications.

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  It should look similar to this when you are finished.

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• Click OK, and close the PPP Control Panel.

OT/PPP acts as a "Dial-on demand" program. This means that you can start up a Web browser or other such application even if you haven't established the PPP connection yet. A web browser's attempt to access TCP/IP will wake up OT/PPP. OT/PPP with then automatically establish a connection to the Internet through Shouting Ground.

When you are done with network applications, it is important to free up the phone-line for other subscribers. Open the PPP control panel and click on the "Disconnect" button.

If you have connection problems

• Open the PPP Control Panel. Click "Options," bring the "Protocol" tab to the front, and check "Connect to a command-line host" using the Terminal Window method. Click OK, then "Connect."

• You should see a new text-only window. This is your terminal window.

• Confirm that you can talk to the modem by typing "at" followed by a Return. DO NOT CLICK THE OK BUTTON.

• The modem should respond with an "OK" or the number 0. (Actually, the number 0 will confuse OT/PPP later. Make sure you insert a "V1" in your modem init string to ensure that it responds "OK".) If you don't see any response, then OT/PPP is unable to talk to your modem. You may need to disable any fax software that hangs onto a particular port, or perhaps the port speed is set higher than the modem supports. You should also check that the modem agrees with the port you've selected (I.E. "Modem" or "Printer" port).

• If you can talk to the modem, type "atdt3514020" followed by Return. DO NOT CLICK THE OK BUTTON.

• After dialing, our terminal server should answer, and you should see the following banner:

  
  ** Shouting Ground Technologies **
  
  User Access Verification
  
  Shouting Ground login:
  
  

• Now click OK.

If you have errors like "DNS Failure. Couldn't resolve www.whatever.com."

• Open the TCP/IP control panel, and confirm that the Domain Name Server Information is set up as mentioned above.