Special Notes on this Tutorial
To use this tutorial you must have a working install of Mac OSX. It assumes that you have an internet browser
(we suggest firefox) installed correctly on you computer.
Lastly, this tutorial assumes that you have your modem installed and running correctly with kernel-module support.
Step One: Starting Internet Connect
Mac has a great utility called Internet Connect. It will ask for a couple of questions, and before you know it, you're
connected to the internet via your dial up connection. First, to get to this utility open up the Mac HD
(it is located on the desktop). Then select Applications. At this point you will need to find applications on
the hard drive. When this is done select Internet Connect.
Step Two: Configuring with Internet Connect
Once you open this program you will be prompted to enter a phone number to connect to. For this you will enter
9463273. Next you will have to enter your Penn State ID and password. Enter this and continue.
Step Three: Did it work?
After connecting to your ISP, you can check to make sure the connection worked by typing the command
ping [some arbitrary website] (replacing [some arbitrary website] with a website known to be up and running.)
in the mac terminal. If you get a response, you are at the very least have an internet connection. At this point,
you should fire up a browser, and connect to the internet.
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