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Configure this PC with your existing Account Details.
Windows 95

So you already have an Internet Access Account with Telstra Big PondŽ Home and you want to setup a second or subsequent PC to allow you to connect?

For this procedure to work you should have Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 installed on your PC. (If you aren't sure if you do, or wish to install it, insert the Telstra Big Pond Home Internet Access Kit CD in your drive, run setup.exe and select option "Install Microsoft Internet Explorer and create an account"). This procedure configures Microsoft Internet Explorer to allow you to connect to Telstra Big Pond Home.

Please Note: This configuration wizard will NOT allow you to join our service; it is of use to those who are already members and need to reconfigure their PC to connect using their existing account details. If you are not yet a member of Telstra Big Pond Home, click here to join.


Before you can correctly configure your PC, you need to know a few things;

  • Your Telstra Big Pond Home Username.
  • Your Telstra Big Pond Home Password.
  • The telephone number of the Telstra Big Pond Home Access Point closest to you.

Your Username and Password should already be known to you; a list of our current Access Points is included here.

In addition to the above items, you will need the following information;

Domain Name Server (DNS), Primary 139.134.2.2
Domain Name Server (DNS), Secondary 139.134.2.18
Web Server / Home Page http://www.bigpond.com
Mail: POP3 Server mail.bigpond.com
Mail: SMTP Server mail.bigpond.com
News: NNTP Server news.bigpond.com

Configuration Instructions

1. Configuring your PC to access the Telstra Big Pond Home Service is easy using the Microsoft Internet Setup Wizard. To start the Wizard, click the Start button on the Task Bar, then select Programs, Accessories, Internet Tools and finally, the Icon titled Get on the Internet. This will start the Internet Connection Wizard, as below.

2. On the next screen, "Setup Options", select Manual setup.

3. The Internet Connection Wizard now decides it needs help, so it starts the Internet Setup Wizard!

4. Most people will be using a Modem to connect to the Internet. If this is true for you, check the Connect using my phone line option.

5. The Wizard now wants to know if you wish to use Microsoft Exchange to read your Internet Mail or some other mail program. If you installed Microsoft Internet Mail when you installed Internet Explorer, select No, Mail will be setup later.

6. Type a Name for the Internet connection object you are about to create.

7. Enter the Area Code and Telephone Number of the Telstra Big Pond Home Access Point (Dial-In Point) you wish to call.

8. Enter the Username and Password of your existing Telstra Big Pond Home account.
Please Note: Entering both your Username and Password here will allow anyone using your PC to connect to the Telstra Big Pond Home service without entering your Password. If your PC is not in a secure location, you may wish to leave the Password field blank and explicitly enter it each time you connect.

9. The Telstra Big Pond Home Service automatically assigns your PC an address each time you connect.

10. Domain Name Servers DNS are devices which perform translation between the numeric addresses which are used by computers and the names which are more commonly used by Internet users.

The Telstra Big Pond Home DNS's are 139.134.2.2 and 139.134.2.18, enter these addresses as shown.

11. This ends the initial connection configuration step, click Finish.

Once the Wizard has finished, you will be able to connect to the Internet by double-clicking the Icon titled The Internet on your desktop.

Back to the Setup page.

Internet Mail Configuration

12. The first time you run Internet Mail, the Internet Mail Setup Wizard will help you configure Mail correctly.

13. Enter your Name and E-Mail Address.
The Name field will appear in the "From:" line of E-Mail that you send. It is standard procedure to set this to your "friendly" or "real" name. (eg: John Smith)
The E-Mail Address field allows people to reply to your messages. Your E-Mail Address is your Username@bigpond.com (eg: J-Smith@bigpond.com) It is important to ensure that you enter your E-Mail Address correctly, if you get this wrong, people will not be able to reply to your messages.

14. The Telstra Big Pond Home Mail server's address is mail.bigpond.com, enter this address in both the Incoming and Outgoing fields.

15. Enter your Telstra Big Pond Home Username and Password here.
Please Note: Entering your Username and Password here will allow anyone using your PC to read your electronic mail without entering your Password. If your PC is not in a secure location, you may wish to leave the Password field blank and explicitly enter it each time you connect.

16. Select how you wish to connect. If you normally use both the Web and E-Mail each time you connect, check the option, I connect manually as shown here.

17. The Internet Mail Configuration Wizard will now finalise your settings!

Back to the Setup page.

Internet News Configuration

18. The first time you run Internet News, the Internet News Configuration Wizard will help you configure it!

19. Enter your Name and E-Mail Address. Your Name will appear in the "From:" line of messages you post in UseNet News Groups. Your E-Mail Address will let people send replies to you directly via E-Mail instead of replying to the entire News Group. Please be sure to enter your full E-Mail address here. Your E-Mail Address is your Username@bigpond.com.

20. The Telstra Big Pond Home News Server's address is news.bigpond.com enter this here. Our News Server does not require you to logon. Leave the box "My news server requires me to logon" blank.

21. Select how you wish to connect. If you normally use the Web or E-Mail and News each time you connect, check the option, I connect manually as shown here.

22. You are now ready to read Internet News!

23. The first time you connect to the News server, you will be told that you are not subscribed to any News Groups and be given the option to see a list of available groups. Select Yes to get a current list of available News Groups. This will take a couple of minutes.


Back to the Setup page.

Access Numbers:
U
pdated on 1 July 1998

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Canberra 02 6217-0700 Live Upto 56K

N.S.W.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Albury 02 6051-1100 Live Upto 56K
Armidale 02 6771-0000 Live Upto 56K
Bathurst / Orange 02 6391-4500 Live Upto 56K
Bombaderry / Nowra 02 4429-1700 Live Upto 56K
Broken Hill 08 8080-1900 Live Upto 56K
Central Coast/Gosford 02 4349-3000 Live Upto 56K
Coffs Harbour 02 6659-7500 Live Upto 56K
Dubbo 02 6883-3700 Live Upto 56K
Goulburn 02 4827-1800 Live Upto 56K
Lismore 02 6626-1800 Live Upto 56K
Mullumbimby 02 6684-4300 Live Upto 56K
Newcastle/Maitland 02 4939-3000 Live Upto 56K
Nowra 02 4429-1700 Live Upto 56K
Orange 02 6391-4500 Live Upto 56K
Penrith 02 4720-5100 Live Upto 56K
Port Macquarie 02 6582-8800 Live Upto 56K
Sydney 02 9296-5000 Live Upto 56K
Sydney X2 / V.90 02 9374-4600 Beta Upto 56K
Tamworth 02 6763-4300 Live Upto 56K
Wagga 02 6937-1200 Live Upto 56K
Wollongong 02 4221-9100 Live Upto 56K
Wollongong/Helensburgh 02 4291-1000 Live Upto 56K

N.T.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Alice Springs 08 8958-4000 Live Upto 56K
Darwin 08 8943-2000 Live Upto 56K

Qld.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Brisbane 07 3361-4000 Live Upto 56K
Brisbane X2 / V.90 07 3244-1300 Beta Upto 56K
Bundaberg 07 4154-6000 Live Upto 56K
Cairns 07 4044-0000 Live Upto 56K
Caloundra / Maroochydore 07 5475-1000 Live Upto 56K
Gladstone 07 4970-6500 Live Upto 56K
Gold Coast/Southport 07 5585-0000 Live Upto 56K
Hervey Bay / Maryborough 07 4120-8800 Live Upto 56K
Mackay 07 4957-0000 Live Upto 56K
Maroochydore 07 5475-1000 Live Upto 56K
Maryborough 07 4120-8800 Live Upto 56K
Mooloolaba / Maroochydore 07 5475-1000 Live Upto 56K
Mount Isa 07 4744-0000 Live Upto 56K
Rockhampton 07 4920-2800 Live Upto 56K
Toowoomba 07 4637-5000 Live Upto 56K
Townsville 07 4750-0000 Live Upto 56K

S.A.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Adelaide 08 8201-7000 Live Upto 56K
Mount Gambier 08 8721-0100 Live Upto 56K
Port Augusta 08 8647-3700 Live Upto 56K
Whyalla / Port Augusta 08 8647-3700 Live Upto 56K

Tas.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Burnie 03 6436-7000 Live Upto 56K
Devonport 03 6420-5000 Live Upto 56K
Hobart 03 6237-3000 Live Upto 56K
Launceston / St John 03 6323-6000 Live Upto 56K
Somerset / Burnie 03 6436-7000 Live Upto 56K
St.John 03 6323-6000 Live Upto 56K

Vic.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Ballarat 03 5333-9000 Live Upto 56K
Bendigo 03 5434-2900 Live Upto 56K
Geelong 03 5246-5000 Live Upto 56K
Melbourne 03 9290-0000 Live Upto 56K
Melbourne X2 / V.90 03 9200-7000 Beta Upto 56K
Mildura 03 5021-9000 Live Upto 56K
Mooroopna / Shepparton 03 5820-8200 Live Upto 56K
Mornington/Cranbourne 03 5990-2100 Live Upto 56K
Shepparton 03 5820-8200 Live Upto 56K
Warrnambool 03 5563-1000 Live Upto 56K

W.A.

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Location Area Code Number Status Speed
Boulder / Kalgoorlie 08 9080-6900 Live Upto 56K
Bunbury 08 9780-0900 Live Upto 56K
Geraldton 08 9956-6700 Live Upto 56K
Kalgoorlie 08 9080-6900 Live Upto 56K
Mandurah / Rockingham 08 9528-9000 Live Upto 56K
Perth 08 9262-5000 Live Upto 56K
Rockingham 08 9528-9000 Live Upto 56K
Green backgrounds indicate a live, production ready Access Point.
Yellow backgrounds indicate an Access Point which is being BETA tested.
Blue backgrounds indicate an Access Point under construction.

All Access Points (except those marked X2) are K56Flex enabled but can still can be accessed by standard modems as well as K56Flex modems.

Notes:
Local Call Access: As a rule of thumb, if you can call the "Location" of the Access Point (if it has a slash (/) in its name, the actual location is the name after the slash) for the price of a local call, you will be able to connect to the Access Point for the price of a local call. If you are unsure, you can check Telstra's "Cost of Telephone Calls" service on 012 (no charge).

BETA: The Access Point is undergoing final testing before being announced "live". You can use it, however its availability or performance may not be fully tested yet.

Speed: While Telstra Big Pond Home recommends use of high speed modems to reach an Access Point, it must be recognised that connection speed may be limited by the capabilities of your phone connection.

 

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