Setting Up Dialup Access on Mac OSX

This tutorial describes in detail how to connect your Macintosh computer running the OSX operating system tthe Internet for the FIRST TIME. It is intended for new customers, or current customers who are trying to connect a new machine for the FIRST TIME.

  1. To begin setting up your connection, click on the Apple menu, and select "System Preferences..."

     

  2. Once the System Preferences window loads, click on "Network" to load the Network Preferences.

     

  3. In the Network Preferences pane, set location to "Automatic," and set Show to "Internal Modem." Set Configure to "use PPP." The "Domain Name Servers" should be left blank. The "Search Domain" should be blank as well. When you've entered this, click on the "PPP" tab.

     

  4. In the PPP tab, Service Provider should be "mav". The telephone number should be: 896-4800. The Account name is your Maverick account name, and the password is your Maverick password. If you don't want to have to type in your password everytime you connect, check the "save password" box.

    Look closely at the username that you entered. It should look like an email address. If your username is johndoe, then your username on this screen should look like johndoe@maverickbbs.com if it doesn't, add @maverickbbs.com to the username. If you do not know what your maverick username is,contact us at 896-4595

     

  5. If you would like to change the PPP options, click on the "PPP Options" button, and make changes there. If you want to automatically connect to maverick when you open your web browser, or email program, or any TCP/IP application, make sure that "Connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications" is checked. If it's unchecked, you will have to connect manually using the Internet Connect application. Click "OK" to exit PPP Options.

     

  6. By default, the proxy settings tab is blank. Maverick does not require proxy settings. Leave these blank.

     

  7. If you ever need to change your internal modem protocol from V90 to V34, you would do so by clicking on the "Modem:" pulldown menu, and selecting "Apple Internal 56k Modem(V.34)." Make sure that the modem is set to "tone" dialing instead of "pulse."

     

  8. Once you are all through configuring the network preferences, click on "Apply Now" and close the window.

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