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- Logging In To The Internet
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- To log in to the internet it is necessary to have a computer, a
- modem, communications software, and an internet account.
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- Getting A Connection
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- The best way to get a connection is through a College or Univer-
- sity. These are usually restricted to students or staff, but if
- you qualify there is usually unlimited access to full internet
- services at no charge. The second best way is through a local
- internet provider. An index of these can be found in The Internet
- Complete Reference by Harley Hahn. Finally, a commercial service
- such as Delphi can provide full internet service and America
- On-Line is currently offering limited service.
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- Modems
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- Modem settings configured through your communications software
- should be as follows for most situations:
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- baud rate (bps) - highest your modem supports
- parity - none
- data bits - 8
- stop bits - 1
- duplex - full
- flow control - xon/xoff
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- Logging In
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- If you are logging in to a unix system (and most other systems)
- it is essential that you know your user ID and password. If you
- do not log in regularly, write them down and keep them in a safe
- place.
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- Passwords
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- Change your password with the unix passwd command. When you
- enter "passwd" you will be asked to enter your old password,
- enter a new password, and retype the new password for verification.
- It is a good habit to change your password regularly, and some
- systems even force you to do this on a scheduled basis.
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- Terminal Emulations
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- Your communications software allows your computer to emulate
- many different terminals in order to communicate with a remote
- host. For unix systems the proper choice is VT100 (or one of the
- DEC VT family of terminals (102, 220, 320). After logging in
- you must also set up the unix system to emulate VT100 by entering
- the command: set term=vt100.
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