Setting Up the Internet and Message Programs 72
Fixed line connection
only: If you want to use
a chargecard - the order
in which information
such as your account
number and PIN ought
to be sent.
In the literature that
accompanied your
chargecard.
The phone number you
should use to connect to
your service provider.
(This is often called a
Point Of Presence or
POP.)
From your Internet service
provider, or in the
information you received
when you opened your
account.
The username and
password for your
Internet account.
From your Internet service
provider, or in the
information you received
when you opened your
account.
Whether or not you
need to specify your
machine’s IP address
when you connect. Only
a small number of
service providers
require this.
From your Internet service
provider. If you are in doubt,
you can leave the setting
which tells the MC 218 to get
the IP address on connection.
Whether or not you
need to specify the
addresses of your
service provider’s name
servers (DNS
addresses) when you
connect. Only a small
number of service
providers require this.
From your Internet service
provider. If you are in doubt,
try leaving the standard
setting which tells the
MC 218 to get the name
server addresses on
connection.
Whether or not your
service provider
requires you to perform
a text-based - or script-
based - login. Only a
small number of service
providers require this.
From your Internet service
provider.
Your e-mail address. From the administrator for
your e-mail account. This
will often be your Internet
service provider.