What You Need to Get Started:

• A PPP Dial-Up account from Northwest Advantage
• The FreePPP Disk
• Your Network/PPP Login and Password
• MacOS 7.0.1 (w/MacTCP Installed), or MacOS 7.5+

Step 1: Install the FreePPP Software

• Restart your computer with the Shift key held down.
• This will restart your computer with all system extensions turned off.
• When booting is complete, insert the FreePPP Installation Disk into your drive.
• Double Click the Disk Icon (to open it's window)
• Locate the FreePPP Installer Icon in the window and double-click it.
• When the first screen appears, read the instructions, save or print them, if you like, and then click Continue.
• Press the mouse button to clear the installer copyright screen. The Install Options Screen will then appear.
• Generally you will want to stay with the standard installation, so click Install for the default.
• Once the installation has finished, allow the machine to restart and load the required extensions

Step 2: Configure FreePPP

•Under the Apple Menu, select Control Panels, and then Config PPP from the sub menu.

• Select the serial port your modem is connected to under the Port Name pull down menu. This will usually be the Modem Port (the socket in the back of your computer with the little "phone & morse code" icon by it). If the modem is on the Printer Port (has a little "printer" icon by it), you should select that.
• Set the Idle Timeout (minutes) pull down menu to None.
• Click New... to configure the PPP server selection for your account

• Under PPP Server Name enter CT PPP (or Northwest Advantage - this is just a short, descriptive name)
• Set your Port Speed.
  • Older (Non-PowerMac) Machines may have problems with speeds over 38400 unless they are running System 7.55 or higher
  • 14.4 modem users should select 38400
  • 28.8/33.6 modem users can select between 38400 & 57600
  • 56K modem users can select 115200
• Set your Flow Control.
• 14.4 Modems (and slower) should go with the CTS Only selection.
• 28.8 Modems (and faster) should go with the CTS/RTS (DTR) selection.
• Confirm the local dial-up number in Phone num is correct for your location
• 509-252-3346
• Insert the appropriate Modem Initialization String for your modem into the Modem Init blank. This a short string of characters usually starting with at&f... which conveys configuration information to your modem. Call Northwest Advantage tech support if you can't find one for your modem. Make sure you have your modem model name and manufacturer ready - those are needed to look up the proper initialization string.
• Click Authentication... and the following screen will appear.

• Under Auth. ID: use the Login (User) Name listed on the front of your Northwest Advantage Internet Dial-Up Account Information sheet.
• For Password: enter the Password associated with your PPP/Network Login (also from the Internet Dial-Up Account Information sheet.)
• Click OK
• Click Done
• Close the main ConfigPPP window and you're ready to move on

Due to the differences between Apple's newer and classic networking software you must now determine whether you are using MacTCP or Open Transport.

(If you don't know, open your System Folder. Now open and look in your Control Panels folder for either the MacTCP or TCP/IP icon. Click on the icon that matches the one you found)

• If you are using MacTCP (Classic Networking) use Step 3a
• If you are using TCP/IP (Open Transport Networking) skip Step 3a and go to Step 3b
• If you didn't find either one you may need to install Networking from your original MacOS System Installation disk/s (choose Custom Install in the installer to avoid having to re-copy the whole operating system).

Step 3a: Preparing MacTCP (version 2.4 or Higher)

• Open the MacTCP Control Panel

• Click the FreePPP icon to select it (and deselect the others)
• Don't worry about the IP Address box, it is filled in by the system
• Click More... to get to the configurations screen.

• Set the Obtain Address: radio button to Server
• Leave the Gateway Address box alone (it will be filled in by the Server)
• In the IP Address: box set the Class: popup to C, and leave the rest alone

and Finally, set up the Domain Name Server (DNS) Information:

• In the first (upper left) Domain box enter nwadv.com.
• In it's IP Address box enter 207.170.237.10
• Click the radio button next to it.
• Enter period (dot) for the next domain and enter 207.170.196.61
• Click OK and MacTCP will save your configuration
• Restart your computer to see the changes

Step 3b: Preparing Open Transport TCP/IP

• From the Control Panels folder double-click the TCP/IP icon, the following screen should appear. (If it does not look like this try selecting User Mode from the Edit menu and choose Basic.)

• The Connect Via: pulldown menu should be set to: FreePPP, MacPPP, or PPP (whichever shows up in the pulldown menu)
• The Configure pulldown menu should be set to: Using PPP Server
• If this option is not available your version of Open Transport needs to be upgraded to 1.1 or newer. Contact your local Apple Support Center for an upgrade. Macintosh System 7.5.2 came with an incomplete version of the TCP/IP control panel.
• In the Name Server Addr box enter 207.170.237.10
• Enter nwadv.com in the Search domains: box.
• Choose Quit from File and allow the control panel to save changes

Step 4: Getting Online

• Turn on your modem (not necessary if it's an internal)
• Open the Config PPP control panel and click Open.
• When the dial-in window disappears following the login process, the application is connected to the Internet and you can launch an Internet application such as Netscape or Eudora.
• To hang up the modem and logout from our service choose Close from the ConfigPPP main page (closing the control panel window will not break the connection by itself).

Step 5: Getting Netscape Using The Supplied Fetch 3.0 Program 

The following instructions assume that you have already installed Fetch 3.0 (copied to your hard drive by the FreePPP installer). Using your communications software, log on to Northwest Advantage's Internet service, then proceed.

You will:

• Launch Fetch 3.0
• Configure Fetch to access Netscape's anonymous FTP server
• Download the Netscape Navigator browser
• Install the Navigator software

Step 5-1: Launch Fetch 3.0

Open the FreePPP folder, then double-click the Fetch 3.0 icon to launch the application.  

Step 5-2: Connecting to Netscape's ftp server

If you are not already online, your dialing screen should pop-up and make your connection. Your screen should now look similar to the one shown below.  You may need to fill in the blanks with information that applies to this task.  

• In the text box titled "Host:", you should enter ftp.netscape.com as shown. Do not include any spaces in the host name. Actually, because Netscape has quite a few ftp servers, there can be a number after ftp that can be anything from 2 - 12, 20, 23, or 26. If you get a message that one site is full (doesn't connect), try another!
• The text boxes titled "User ID:" and "Password:" can be left blank to make an anonymous connection. The program will actually send "anonymous" for the User ID: and your email address (if Fetch knows it) will be sent as the password. 
• In the text box titled "Directory:", you should enter
• If you have an older "Non-Power" Macintosh: /pub/navigator/3.02/shipping/english/mac/68k/standard/
• If you have a Power Macintosh: /pub/navigator/3.02/shipping/english/mac/ppc/standard/
• This will take you through the directory tree of Netscape's ftp server, leaving you with the desired directory active.
• When you have finished filling in the required fields, click the OK button. 

Step 5-3: Downloading Navigator

After clicking OK, Fetch will connect to Netscape's ftp server. When Fetch is finished connecting it should show a screen something like this (Netscape changes their site structure around with each new version so the graphics may not be exactly like what you see, but the text of this document will be correct):

The file we want to get should be the first one in the list, netscape3.02_EX.bin. To download the file to your hard drive, you can select the file name (single click) and then click the Get File... button. If you have System 7.5.3 or later you can also drag and drop files to and from the window (uploading and downloading). The location the selected icon/s is dropped to will become it's destination. This will start the file transfer process. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will assume that you are saving the file to the desktop. The status section on the right side of the window will show how much of the file has been transferred and how long it w ill take (you may need to adjust the window width to make this appear).

Fetch has excellent online help available by selecting Fetch Help from the Apple Help (?) Menu.

Step 5-4: Installing Netscape Navigator

Fetch should convert the downloaded netscape3.02_EX.bin file into an installer file called netscape3.02 and place it on the desktop.

Double click the netscape3.02 icon and choose the install button to allow the program to unpack the programs to your hard drive.

Once the installer finishes it will launch the setup program.

Netscape will now lead you through a series of prompts in order to configure the Netscape browser. Follow along with the prompts for a complete installation of Netscape. When you are asked if you wish to continue by selecting the Netscape Web site, answer Yes. The Netscape Navigator browser will launch and take you directly to the Netscape Communications Corporation Web site. You are almost done!

Step 5-5: Go to the Northwest Advantage Web Site

Now that you have successfully connected to the Internet, and downloaded and installed Netscape, your next step will be to configure the rest of your Internet software. There are detailed instructions on how to set up your software to access electronic mail, FTP services and much more on our comprehensive Web site.

With Netscape still running, click on the OPEN button and type "www.nwadv.com " as shown then click OPEN:

That's it! You are on your way. All other information about Northwest Advantage and your Internet software configurations can be found on our Web site. Browse the site for the specific information you need. You may also wish to check out our Frequently Asked Questions area, where many common questions and topics are covered.

Tip: To Navigate a Web Site

• When the cursor turns from an arrow to a pointing hand, this means you can click on the highlighted word or image to link to another resource.
• A Web page can be more than one screen-full of information. Use the scroll bars along the bottom and right side of the Netscape window to navigate past the window borders.
• Use the Back and Forward buttons to quickly move through Web pages you have visited before.
• Graphics take longer to load than text. You do not have to wait for a graphic to fully load before you can start navigating the Web site.

Technical Support

Should you need any assistance in configuring your software, or have any other questions, please let us know. You may give us a call at (509) 455-3443, or send us e-mail.