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Internet Control Center
ICC is a desktop utility for managing your Internet activities and applications. You will
usually begin your Internet sessions by launching ICC. It is installed in your new program
group as a globe icon. Double-click the icon to begin. When ICC starts, you can click the
Connect button to go online, then start any of your Internet applications with the other
buttons.
You can further automate your Internet session by clicking on SET to bring up the setup
menu and selecting options. One useful option is Connect-On-Startup, which makes ICC dial
the Internet when it is launched. If you also have ICC in your Windows startup group, you
will be automatically put online every time you start your computer. Another option to
automate your session is the QuickStart, also found on the options screen. This option
allows you to start up your browser, email, or other applications automatically after ICC
goes online.
To learn more about using ICC, click SET, then click HELP.
Netscape Navigator
Netscape is a World Wide Web browser which allows you to view web pages and retrieve files
from remote sites. Simply by clicking on links, or highlighted text areas or graphics on
the displayed page, you can take a virtual tour around the world. Each link contains a
URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, which tells your browser where to connect to retrieve
information and what format the information is in.
Your browser is set to automatically load your provider's homepage when you start it
up. To view other pages, you can click any highlighted link, or enter any URL in the
Location window, then press enter. You can also click the "Open" icon and type
in a URL.
To learn more about using Netscape, click on HELP at the top of the browser window
while running Netscape.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is another World Wide Web browser similar to Netscape. It allows you to
view web pages. Simply by clicking on links, or highlighted text areas or graphics on the
displayed page, you can take a virtual tour around the world. Each link contains a URL, or
Uniform Resource Locator, which tells your browser where to connect to retrieve
information and what format the information is in.
Your browser is set to automatically load your provider's homepage when you start it
up. To view other pages, you can click any highlighted link, or enter any URL in the
Address window, then press enter. You can also click File/Open and type in a URL.
To learn more about using Internet Explorer, click on HELP at the top of the browser
window while running Internet Explorer.
Eudora Light (mail)
The Eudora mailer allows you to send and receive email with anyone who has an Internet
email address. Your address is your "username" followed by "@"
followed by your provider's "domain name". Example : nobody@nowhere.com.
To begin using Eudora, click the "New Message" (paper & pencil) icon to
send a message, or click "File/Check Mail" to retrieve mail from your mailbox.
You will be asked to enter your password the first time you retrieve mail, and then it is
saved.
When you send a message, your return address is automatically included. To reply to
email, simply click on "Reply" and the address is copied into your new message,
as well as the text of the message you are replying to. It is good practice to only
include enough of the message for continuity, and cut out the rest. To send your message,
click "send".
Your Eudora mailer may be set to automatically retrieve any email sent to you every
time you start it up, and also to check for new mail at preset intervals. You can adjust
this to your preference. In between sessions, your mail is stored for you on the mail host
at your provider's location.
To learn more about using Eudora, click on HELP at the top of the Eudora window.
Free Agent (news)
Free Agent allows you to read and post articles to Usenet Newsgroups, or public discussion
groups. All articles posted can be read and replied to by anyone with Internet access.
On your first use, you will need to tell Free Agent to download a list of newsgroups.
Click on "Online" then "Get New Groups". Downloading the list of
groups from the server the first time may take up to 20 minutes or more. Afterwards, the
group list is stored on your machine. Currently there are over 20,000 worldwide
newsgroups, and countless other local and regional ones.
There are two ways to answer news postings. A "Follow-up" is a response by
you which is posted back to the group for all to see. A "Reply" is emailed only
to the person who wrote the article you are replying to. It is customary to do both
simultaneously.
To learn more about using Free Agent, click on HELP at the top of the FreeAgent window.
mIRC
INTERNET RELAY CHAT, or IRC, is another form of worldwide discussion group, but it is done
in real time. IRC can be compared to CB radio, but is done by typing instead of talking.
There are nearly as many IRC channels as there are newsgroups.
You can search the public list of channels for topics you are interested in, or
participate in private channels which anyone can create. To access the private channels
you must know their name. When you join a channel, you will see displayed everything typed
in by the others currently on that channel, and they will see what you type. Each person's
nickname is displayed with their comments. You can also direct private comments to one
individual.
To learn more about using mIRC, click on HELP at the top of the mIRC window.
WS_FTP LE
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is the way files are moved around on the Internet. You can
retrieve files from any FTP site which allows public access. There are many public
archives, or collections of useful files. A number of sites are already stored in your FTP
program. When you open WS_FTP LE you are presented with the "Site Manager" which
allows you to setup, save, and connect to ftp sites.
Since file transfers may take several minutes or more, simply minimize the FTP window
and perform other tasks in the meantime. You will notice some decrease in response
depending on the capacity of your connection.
To learn more about using WS_FTP, click on HELP
EWAN Telnet (Not on NT)
Telnet is a remote login application. It allows you to connect to another machine on the
Internet if you have a login account on that machine. When connected, you can use the
services there just as if you were sitting at the console of that computer.
Some services allow telnet access without an account. These are restricted accesses
which won't allow you full use of the remote computer. This is often used for game playing
(MUDS, etc.) and other special services which may be provided by a particular site. These
services normally require a port number after the machine name to identify the specific
service you are requesting.
To use telnet, you must enter either the host name, or its numeric IP address, followed
by a port number if it is required. Enter one space between the host and port number.
The default terminal setting for most sites uses the "VT100" emulation. This
is your default. Other terminal types can be set, such as ANSI, etc. If your backspace key
displays a ^H character, change the "Options/Configuration" setting to "map
BS to DEL".
To learn more about using EWAN Telnet, click on Help in the EWAN window.
Ping
The Ping program allows you to check for an echo response, or ping, from any other
computer which is currently connected to the Internet. A response means that machine is
online. A lack of response means either that the machine is down, or that a network
problem exists somewhere between your location and theirs, preventing you from reaching
it.
For Internet sites which should always be online, such as public providers, ftp sites,
and the like, ping will let you know if there is a network problem preventing you from
accessing that machine at this time. Sometimes you may be able to ping a site, and still
not be able to access the service you are attempting, due to some temporary local problem
at the site. Also be aware that some sites do not reply to ping requests.
Any time that you are online, any other machines on the Internet can ping you. Your
Ping program doesn't need to be running for your machine to answer someone else's ping.
Your TCP/IP stack (winsock) handles that automatically. When someone pings you, they are
not connecting to your machine and there is not a security risk. No one can actually
connect to your machine unless you choose to run specific server software allowing them
to.
The WSPING program you are using also has an NSLOOKUP feature, or Name Server Lookup.
Your provider allows you to use their DNS, or Domain Name Service, which is a program that
allows you to lookup either host names or IP addresses by entering the counterpart,
i.e.enter a valid IP to look up it's name, or vice versa. When you are using other
Internet applications, this DNS service is used automatically by each program to locate
the IP addresses of the services it uses.
Trumpet Winsock
This is the communication program over which all the applications send and receive data.
It includes a modem dialer and a tcp/ip "stack" which translates data into the
language of the Internet. TCP/IP allows you to carry on multiple "threads" or
tasks simultaneously over a single communication line (such as your phone line). Thus you
can download files in one window and browse the web in another, while your newsreader
retrieves current articles in yet another window.
Always use the [Connect/Disconnect] button on ICC to control the Trumpet program.
Logging in or out using Trumpet directly may cause the interface to get "out of
sync" with it. To change dialer settings, modem settings, or login information click
on "Dialer/setup.cmd" at the top of the Trumpet window, or use the Reconfig
utility.
You should not attempt to modify the trumpet settings that have been preset for you. |
