What you need to get started:
- An account with First Link
- Your username
- Your password
- Your Local Call Access number
Once you have these details, click continue.
Windows98 - Step 1
Ensure you have I have an existing Internet account ... checked and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have the first option checked ( as shown above ) and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have Connect using my phone line checked and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have Create a new dial up connection checked and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in your Local Dialup Number / Local Access Number in the
space provided ( as shown above ) and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in your username and password in the
space provided ( as shown above ) and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have Yes checked and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have PPP (Point to Point Protocol) checked and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have I don't need to type anything when logging on
checked and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure you have My Internet service provider automatically assigns
me one
checked and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure that My Internet service provider automatically sets this
when I sign in is checked ( as shown above ) and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in a name for this connection ( as shown above ) and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure Create a new Internet mail account ( as shown above ) is
checked and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in your name in the space provided ( as shown above ) and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in your username in the space provided ( as shown above ), replacing
username with your username and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in the POP & SMTP servers in the space provided ( as shown above ),
and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in your username and password in the space provided (
as shown above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in an Internet mail account name ( this can be anything you
like ) in the space provided (
as shown above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure Yes ( as shown above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure Create a new Internet news account is checked ( as shown
above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Enter your name in the space provided ( as shown
above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Enter your email address in the space provided ( as shown
above ) replacing username with your username, and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in the News (NNTP) server address in the space provided ( as
shown above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Enter in a News account name in the space provided ( as
shown above ), and
click on Next to continue.
Ensure No is checked ( as
shown above ), and
click on Next to continue.
You have now successfully completed configuring Windows 98 to connect to
First Link.
Click continue to
return to the Helpdesk.
