207
LAUNCH PAD
How to configure Launch Pad to connect to
your ISP
Launch Pad is New Deal's dialer and connection application for internet
connectivity.
Read the help file
If you are having difficulty configuring Launch Pad to connect to your
Internet Service Provider (ISP), the first place to look is in the
help file. Click the help button (question mark) in
Launch Pad for comprehensive descriptions of all of Launch Pad's
features and settings.
Specific ISPs and Troubleshooting
If you are using any of the ISPs listed here, the specific notes in this
document may be helpful, or see the
General Troubleshooting Tips.
If you've successfully connected to another ISP and have some information
that might be helpful to other Launch Pad users, please send it to us by
email,
so we can add your notes to this document.
AT&T Worldnet
You may have to call ATT Worldnet Service to get your specific account information.
Worldnet uses two account names for each account, one encrypted and one not encrypted.
You need the alphanumeric name for your account.
FlashNet
- In the Login name field enter your user name.
- Enter your password in the Password field.
- Check (yes) Turn off header compression.
- Check (yes) Use PPP Connection.
- Leave HTTP Proxy blank.
- For Script, choose Automatic Login with Name and Password.
- Choose Server assigned IP Address.
- Choose User assigned DNS Addresses and enter the current
DNS numbers for FlasNet (as of this writing, they are
Primary 209.30.0.9 and Secondary 209.30.0.100).
IBM Internet Connection Services
- In the Login name field enter internet.usinet.username , where username
is the name you use on the internet.
- In the password field, enter your password.
- Select the Automatic PAP login script.
- Choose Server assigned IP Address, and choose User assigned DNS Addresses.
Enter the current DNS addresses (obtain them from IBMNet).
Netcom NetComplete
- Use the "Automatic Login with Name and Password" script.
- Add a pound sign (#) to your username in the Login name field (i.e. if your
username is mary67, then enter #mary67 in the Login name field).
The # prefix tells the server to initiate PPP instead of logging into
a shell account. The # can also be replaced with "US,PPP".
The Netcom document for this is at
http://www1.newcom.com/bin/webtech/NETCOM_Accounts/Dialers/pound.sign.html.
Primenet (Global Center)
- Login Name: Pusername
where username is your login name. (The P is required for PPP connect, S for SLIP)
- Enter your password in the Password field.
- Turn off header compression is not checked.
- Use PPP connection is checked.
- HTTP Proxy is blank.
- Script: Type PPP after Name/Password Login (if PAP doesn't work)
- Server assigned IP addresses is checked.
- Server assigned DNS addresses is checked.
Sympatico
- Select "User assigned DNS entries" and enter the correct DNS numbers for
Sympatico.
- Leave the PPP setting on and Turn off header compression unchecked.
- HTTP Proxy should be blank.
Here is a script for a quick Sympatico connection.
To use it, add it to the bottom of the WWW.CFG file.
[script_7]
; = Automatic Login with Name and Password
; = Calls the phone number and then sends the login
; = name and password when asked.
; = Then it selects 2 for selection, meaning PPP.
e = Preparing modem ...
m =
s = \r
w = 15 OK
e = Dialing ...
d =
s = \r
w = 60 CONNECT
b =
e = Sending Login name ...
w = 5 Username:
l =
s = \r
e = Sending Password ...
w = 5 Password:
p =
s = \r
e = Selecting PPP ...
w = 5 Selection:
s = 2
s = \r
@ = 2
e = Waiting for confirmation ...
Also under the heading [script] add the following after script_6:
script_7 = Sympatico
General Troubleshooting Tips
- Check with your ISP for the correct settings in Launch Pad. If you have
been connecting with another software, examine the settings in that software
or its script to determine the correct settings for Launch Pad.
Try checking the option for Turn header compression off.
- With most ISPs, you can use the Automatic PAP Login script for connection,
which supports both PAP and CHAP login. If you seem to be having difficulties with
that, change to the script named Terminal Window after Connection so you can see
what your ISP is requesting from your dialer during the login process.
- If you are using Terminal Window after Connection and you receive
a message like "ASCII access not allowed," or "/users/home/username,"
or "bash: command not found," the problem is you are logging in to your
shell account, which does not provide PPP or SLIP (but you can access
your mail, ftp, telnet, etc. from there).
In that case, you may need to change your Login name to
Pusername (in other words, if your Login name is mary67, you would
enter Pmary67 in the Login name field). Some ISPs use a
pound sign (#) instead of P (#mary67). Some require PPP be appended to
the username (mary67PPP). Check with your ISP for the correct usage.
Hardware issues
Last Modified