PPP / Remote Access

If you are running on MacOS 7.6 or above, you will be using Remote Access or PPP. The best way to setup Remote Access is to run through the Internet Setup Assistant. If you have already run through the Internet Setup Assistant and are having problems connecting, please look below for configuration assistance.

Step 1:.

To access your PPP- Remote Access preferences, click on Apple, Control Panel, and then Remote Access or PPP. You will need to enter your username, password, and phone number. Please note that your username must be in the form of username@nac.net. Then click on the Options button.

Step 2:

On the Redialing tab you can specify the number of redialing attempts. Then click on the Connection tab.

Step 3:

On this window, you can specify the amount of idle time before you get disconnected. Next, click on the Protocol tab.

Step 4:

Make sure that you have PPP selected. Also make sure the first three boxes are checked and that connect to a command line host is not selected. If you would like to have remote access to dial when you open Netscape, make sure you have a check next to Connect automatically when starting TCP/ IP applications.

Step 5:

You will also need to modify your TCP/ IP Settings. To access the settings, click in Apple, Control Panel, and then TCP/ IP. Select PPP under connect via, PPP server under configure, Name server addresses, and Search domain.