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4. Free UK Amiga Internet Access
If you live in the UK you may be aware that Dixons, the high street electrical retail chain, have setup a free ISP service.
The service is called Freeserve and is aimed at PC owners who wish to get on the net.
So how do you get this on your Amiga ?
Firstly you need the FREE CD from Dixons, Currys, PC-World or The Link.
Just pop into one of their branches and ask for the Freeserve connection CD-ROM.
The next step is to set up your account, the only way to do this at present is on-line, hence your going to need access to a PC with Win95 and a modem.
Just ask a friend to back up their settings so you can set up your account on their PC!
Have a notepad handy as you will need to jot down your settings as these will be needed again later on.
Run the Freeserve CD on the PC and the first thing you will need to fill in is a questionaire but remember to check the box in the bottom right hand corner
Next you need to select a node name and a password.
For the purpose of this document I shall use an example to guide you through.
Lets say you want you site to be called Amiga1.
Type your nodename in as Amiga1, if it has been used already you will be asked to select another.
Next think of a password and write these two pieces of information down.
Just to recall and remember internet passwords are case sensitive:
Nodename: Amiga1
Password: abc123
OK so your now need to select your email address this will probibly be in the format shown below.
Yourname@Amiga1.freeserve.co.uk
Amiga Setup
All the software you need is on various CU-Amiga (RIP) and Amiga-Format Cover CD's.
This example uses the excellent Miami TCP/IP stack.
Install Miami on your Amiga as explained in its doc files.
Install a web browser on your Amiga, personally I recommend IBrowse.
Install YAM on your Amiga.
You are now ready to begin configuring the Amiga programs to your Freeserve account.
Miami Settings
Phone Number: 08450796699 (UK Mainland) (Lo-call, Approx. 1p a minute)
IP Address: Dynamic
Protocol: PPP
Loginname: Amiga1.freeserve.co.uk (Put Yours Here)
Password: abc123 (Put Yours Here)
That all you need to enter in Miami.
Miami will dial into your account to Find DNS servers etc.
Once the setup is complete a hard copy can be printed or sent to a file for later reference.
IBrowse Settings
Network/Proxy/ HTTP: = www-cache.freeserve.net Port: 8080
Network/Email/ Real name: = Your name
Default email: = The email address you put in during the PC setup
Reply-to: = The email address you put in during the PC setup
Mail server: = pop.freeserve.net
Mail to: = Internal
Sendmail: = Internal
YAM Settings
Yam was the hardest part to get to work with your new free ISP, however, I have done all the hard work so you dont have to, as they say.
First Steps
Real = Your name
Email = The email address you put in during the PC setup
Pop3 Server = pop.freeserve.net
Password = abc123 (Put yours here)
TCP/IP
Send mail
Server = smtp.freeserve.net
Domain = Amiga1.freeserve.co.uk (Put yours here)
SMTP 8 Bit = Yes
Pop3 Host
Pop3Host = Amiga1.freeserve.co.uk@pop.freeserve.net
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|_____________(Put yours here)
Server = pop.freeserve.net
UserID = Amiga1.freeserve.co.uk (Put yours here)
Password = abc123 (Put yours here)
Active = Yes
Login APOP = No
Delete Mail = Yes
That is all you need to get YAM to send and recieve Emails.
Your Free 5 Meg webspace
As part of this you get 5Meg webspace to host your own (Non-Adult see terms & conditions) website.
You can FTP your page upto your site using any FTP package such as AMFTP.
Your Web URL will be http://www.NODENAME.freeserve.co.uk
FTP Settings
FTP Address = uploads.webspace.freeserve.net
login = Amiga1.freeserve.co.uk (Put Yours here)
Password = abc123 (Put Yours here)
No more monthly Bills :)
Say Bye Bye to your current ISP
Freeserve is fast on my 060/66Mhz, Whippet, and 56K modem I regulary get download speeds from
Aminet at 4500-6500 CPS.
This document is provided As Is.
I cannot be held responsible in any way what so ever. If you follow the above tutorial and
as a result you or any equipment used during the setup become damaged I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE.
All the software IBrowse, Miami & YAM is on the Get Connected CD from WierdScience for £39.99
Document (c)1998: Mirror
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