From: 	Gus Faviere
Sent: 	1-Jun-95 11:43AM
To: 	All interested
Subject: 	Troubleshooting PPP/SLIP Dial-Up conncections to the internet

This was a reply to someone getting Failures when looking up the DNS server. It should help with either using a Winsock DIALER or if you want to get your hands dirty, there's instructions on setting up a Dial-Up Networking session (best long term option). Good Luck!

The error looking up a DNS address is generally not a software (Netscape, Eudora etc.) problem  but from either your dialer (TCPMAN/Winsock) or from Win95 if you are using Dial Up Networking.

I tried the Trumpet dialer and it does work. If you use the Trumpet dialer, you must use the WINSOCK.DLL supplied with it or by your Service Provider and is usually installed in your \windows\system directory. You need to remove the WINSOCK.DLL which is dated 03/02/1995 installed by Win95 in this case (rename it or back it up!). In this case your DNS server is an IP address which your Service Provider must supply and is put in your TRUMPWSK.INI file under the [Trumpet Winsock] dns=????

Trumpet Winsock configuration requires that the dialer directory containing TRUMPWSK.INI is in your path.
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Alternatively, you can create a Win95 "Dial Up Networking" session this is more reliable, faster but a much more complicated setup. The nice thing is you can then forget about updating WINSOCK.DLL forever and use any TCP/IP software. I use this method with the addition of a simple script editor/dialer for Win95 called RoboDUN (available on the WEB at http://biology.queensu.ca/~jonesp/win95/software/software.html) which allows you to automate sign-up procedures for Win95 Dial-Up Networking sessions. There's a great reference page on Win95 and Dial-Up networking if you back up a bit to: http://biology.queensu.ca/~jonesp/win95

If you dive into this setup, be prepared to do a lot of reading, swearing and re-booting but here's my setup which should help.

This requires use of the Win95 WINSOCK.DLL for some software which may call it (remove & backup the one that came with the dialer). I had an existing WINSOCK.DLL so when I installed Win95 the Win95 version (dated 03/02/95) was installed into my \WINDOWS directory, while my original one was left in my \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory - I think this caused some initial problems, make sure you have only one WINSOCK.DLL file and keep it in your \WINDOWS directory (WINDOWS should be in your path so it's always available). It also requires that you have a PPP (SLIP is supported via an add-on from the Preview CD - get PPP service if you can) connection, install the Win95 TCP/IP protocol, bound to your Dial Up Adapter and then enter the IP address(s) of your Service Provider as per the following clips (note that this shows my addresses, yours will be different!), These screen shots are from: Control Panel / Network / Configuration / TCP/IP--> Dial-Up Adapter / Properties

THIS is important below, unless you have a direct connection and are running on a WinNT network, use the option below.

NOTE my DNS addresses below, you get the address from your server provider and then enter them via the dialog box below. You'll generally only need one address unless you have multiple providers. The "Host" is your user name and the Domain is your service provider's name/extension. If you received a WINSOCK/Dialer from your service provider, the address will be in the Dialer's *.INI file - e.g. TRUMPSOCK.INI

Important setting:

Here's my Dial-Up Network Setup

I found that disabling software compression on my modem seemed faster, particularly if you download a lot of *.EXE or *.ZIP files which are already compressed.

Here's my Netscape - Options / Preferences for my Mail and News. You'll need to set your SMTP and NNTP servers to whatever yours are. Most likely in the format: news.provider.ext and mail.provider.ext

Sorry for the size of the file but I could have used this stuff when I was first setting up.

Hope this helps.