CompuServe Messages

Steve, I noticed that you seemed knowledgeable on AmiTCP and PPP(Dialup). I am trying to get this up and running on my A3000 running OS3.1. I have a question about the infomation needed to setup AmiTCP. The installation guide lists the following infomation as needed for setup: The default user name (and login name):joe joe user id:100 joe group id:100 Real name for the joe:Joe the User joe home directory:SYS: joe shell:shell <in this point joe password is prompted> Dynamic connection:no Name of your computer: slip-2 Your domain part: hut.fi Aliases for it: amy Interface type:CSLIP Specific network interface:rhcslip Your Internet address: 130.233.161.50 Destination address (the gateway):130.233.161.254 Netmask of used in your network:255.255.252.0 Serial device driver to be used:serial.device Unit number for the serial.device:0 Serial line baud rate:9600 CSLIP MTU:1500 Additional rhslip options:CTS/RTS, EOF-mode Address of the default gateway: 130.233.161.254 Addresses of nameservers: 130.233.224.1 130.233.224.13 128.214.4.29 Domain names to search:hut.fi cs.hut.fi AmiTCP/IP started at system startup:no Let installer modify s:user-startup:yes Start inetd at AmiTCP/IP startup:yes Some of the information I understand such as substituting my compuserve id for <joe> in this example, and my normal compuserve password. I also understand that the Compuserve connection is dynamic. I believe that the userid and groupid don't mean much since I am not on a network, but my own computer. I do need clarification on the internet address, the destination address, domain part, default gateway. I also need some help setting up dialup. I belive it is a tool to establish the modem connection to compuserve and the PPP service but I am a little unclear on how that is done. I have Amosaic installed and it appears to work based on the trial I did with the no net version. I have now installed the TCP/IP version. While I have done a lot of telecomunication and some work with TCP/IP on Novell networks at work, as far as setting up my Amiga to access the internet thru Compuserve I am a rookie. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff // From Upstate SC \X/ ….on AutoPilot