1. How do I Connect a MS Windows NT 4.0 Box to First Link?
2. How do I get NT to automatically redial if the connection is lost?
3. How do I get NT to automatically hangup a connection if there is no traffic?
4. How do I setup Microsoft Exchange to use First Link?

1. How do I Connect a MS Windows NT 4.0 Box to First Link? Goto Top
   
   1. Right click the Network Neighborhood icon on your desktop and choose properties, then click on the services tab. You must have Remote Access Service

      

   2. On the Protocols Tab you must have the TCP/IP Protocol installed

      

   3. If you have a Local Area Network (LAN) and you want to use TCP/IP over the LAN then the IP address of the Network should be choosen so that it doesn't conflict with an Internet address (especially if you have a static IP given by First Link - DON'T use it). The recommendation is to use one of the Private IP ranges
      • Class A: 10.x.x.x, subnet 255.0.0.0
      • Class B: 172.16.x.x subnet 255.255.0.0
      • Class C: 192.168.x.x subnet 255.255.255.0
      Note that the Machine ID - the octet(s) that correspond to the 0's in the subnet mask cannot be (if you express it in its binary form) all 0's or all 1'l. That means 10.0.0.0, 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0, 172.16.255.255, 192.168.x.0, 192.168.x.255 are invalid.

      

   4. After your computer has rebooted (don't you love Windows) ... double click on My Computer then on Dial-Up Networking

      . Then click on New... to start the wizard. (If the wizard doesn't start cancel then click More and User Preferences, click on the Appearence Tab and check 'Use wizard to create new phonebook entries')

      

   5. Type in the name for the Phonebook Entry, eg 'First Link Internet Services' and click next

      

   6. Next click that you're calling the Internet and to send your plain text password

      

   7. Type in the phone number you're going to connect to

      

   8. Click Finish ... But you're not finished yet

      

   9. You should now get a screen similar to...

      

   10. Click on More and 'Edit entry and modem properties...', then you get something similar to

       

   11. You can click on the Alternates button to add additional numbers to try if the one you've selected is busy

       

   12. Now go to the server tab ...

       

   13. Click on TCP/IP Settings and enter in the DNS values...

       

   14. You should now be able to return to the First Dial-Up Networking Screen and dial

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2. How do I get NT to automatically redial if the connection is lost? Goto Top
   A. Open up Dial Up Networking, under More select User Preferences.
   • Check "Redial on Link Failure"
   • Set the number of redial attempts - ie how many times you want to keep trying
   • Set the number of Seconds between redial attempts.
   • Leave the idle seconds before hanging up at 0
   Make similar changes to the "Logon Preferences"
3. How do I get NT to automatically hangup a connection if there is no traffic? Goto Top
   A. Open up Dial Up Networking, under More select User Preferences.
   • UnCheck "Redial on Link Failure" if it is checked
   • Set the number of redial attempts to zero- ie how many times you want to keep trying
   • Set the number of Seconds between redial attempts.
   • Set the idle seconds before hanging up at number.
   Make similar changes to the "Logon Preferences".
   Note: You may experience problems with Mail Servers or other features - such as ICQ that regularly transmit traffic.

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4. How do I setup Microsoft Exchange to use First Link? Goto Top
   Okally Dokally,
   • Install Exchange (best done onto a NT Stand alone server) need 64MB RAM (at least), don't worry about the ccMail or MS Mail connectors
   • From the File Menu select "New Other>" and Choose "Internet Mail Connection". Run through the wizard.
   • You may want to change the ??? tab to not use DNS for host resolution and use a SMTP gateway. Note, it is better here to use the IP address of your ISPs SMTP server (First Link smtp.syd.fl.net.au = 202.181.0.28) other wise your server needs to connect before it can start the Micrsoft Exchange - Internet Mail Service. Which will stuff you up when you restart your server (not that we ever need to restart NT Boxes *grin*)
   • Note: Inorder to get Microsoft Exchange server to work properly you will need:
     • A permanent connection to the net, or secondary mail server that spools your mail and then unspools it to your server when you come on-line
     • A permanent IP address, with a corresponding MX record for your e-mail domain.
     • You don't need to have TCP/IP running on your LAN.

FAQ Last modified Thursday, 10-Sep-1998 15:41:32 EST