W i n N E T (TM) P l u s w i t h T C P / I P Copyright (c) 1992 - 1996 by WinNET Communications, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WinNET Communications, Inc. Post Office Box 4189 Louisville, KY 40204 1-800 Tech Support: (800) WINNET2 Direct Dial: (502) 589-6800 Fax: (502) 589-7300 Internet Mail: winnet@win.net CompuServe Mail: 76130,1463 Note: This file assumes that you are planning to use WinNET Communications, Inc., as your Internet/Usenet service provider. If that is not the case, please read the file ALT.TXT instead of this file for introductory information. (READ_1ST.TXT) Please read this file *carefully* before installing or attempting to use WinNET Plus. Getting WinNET set up on your system is quite straight-forward, but if you don't read this file before getting started, you will overlook important information necessary for proper operation of the software. C o n t e n t s What is WinNET? What you need to Run WinNET Costs of Using WinNET Plus Setting up WinNET Plus on Your System Upgrading From an Earlier Version of WinNET Problems with WinNET Setup Distribution of WinNET Plus W h a t i s W i n N E T ? WinNET Plus (TM) is a Windows 3.1 application for sending and receiving Electronic Mail and News articles with the world-wide Internet and Usenet networks using just your Windows system and a modem. The connection with the Internet and Usenet is provided through WinNET Communications' computer system providing WinNET (SM) service. W h a t i s TCP/IP? TCP/IP is software that allows you to establish a direct connection to the Internet network so that you can use client software that requires interactive access to network resources. Examples of such client software would include World Wide Web (WWW) browsing software such as Mosaic or NETSCAPE, on-line FTP programs, Internet Relay Chat, Internet Talk Radio, Gopher, Telnet, and so forth. These programs are not included in the electronic distribution of WinNET, but public domain versions of various Internet applications are available (free of charge) through WinNET Communications once you set up an account. In fact, you can start downloading these programs as soon as you get connected -- we provide installation support to make setting up TCP/IP and various applications completely automatic. WinNET's TCP/IP software is a special, high-performance version of Core System's highly regarded Internet Connect product. When you set up WinNET, the TCP/IP software is transparently installed and set up to operate using PPP (Point-to-Point) protocol for serial (modem) communications. W h a t y o u n e e d t o R u n 1. Intel 80386/486/Pentium system with a minimum of 2 Mbytes RAM. 2. Microsoft Windows, version 3.1, Windows 95 OR Microsoft NT OR OS/2. 3. A Hayes compatible modem. C o s t s o f u s i n g W i n N E T M a i l The WinNET Plus & News (TM) software, Core TCP/IP protocol stack, and WWW browser installation software is distributed freely for the purpose of connecting with the WinNET service. There is no charge for the software as long as it is used for this purpose. The WinNET service is billed on a monthly flat rate basis of $19.95 per month. When you use the U.S. 800 access number you get four (4) connect hours per month. Usage beyond the first four hours is billed at the rate of $5.40 per hour. When you use the direct dial number (502)589-4131 you get twenty (20) connect hours per month. Usage beyond the first twenty hours is billed at the rate of $1.00 per hour. Canadian toll free 800 number service access is also available. The WinNET Service charge of $19.95 gives 1.5(one and one half) hours of access and a charge of $15.40 per hour thereafter. . See TERMS.TXT for full details. S e t t i n g u p W i n N E T o n y o u r S y s t e m From the Windows program manager File menu, or directly from the Window's File Manage program, Run the SETUP.EXE program supplied with the WinNET distribution. Use the More Information button to get more information on each screen. This program will also set up an Internet Account for you with WinNET Communications Inc.'s Internet Service. This will ask you for billing and credit card information. The program will call the WinNET Communications WinNET server and submit your account request. After a one minute pause, the program will call back to verify that the account was accepted. All account requests will be accepted unless the System Name that you choose under SETUP is already taken by another WinNET customer. If the account request is not successful, you will need to re-run SETUP, select a different System Name, and re-run the account program. U p g r a d i n g f r o m a n e a r l i e r v e r s i o n o f W i n N E T The instructions for upgrading a previous version of WinNET are basically the same as outlined in the above steps describing a new installation. When you are asked to specify the directory where WinNET should be installed, specify the same directory where your old copy of WinNET was installed. This will cause the setup program to overwrite the old WinNET files with the files from the new version. Your old setup parameters will be detected and appear as the defaults in the setup process. NOTE: Do not update WinNET with a earlier version of WinNET. Always use the same version as installed or a later version. P r o b l e m s w i t h W i n N E T S e t u p The most likely source of problems that you may have with WinNET Plus is the SETUP Communications Parameters: 1. Make sure that the COM port is set to the port that your modem uses. 2. Make sure that the interface speed it not set faster than your modem can handle. 3. Verify that the telephone number being dialed will work correctly from your facility and area. The telephone number of the WinNET server is: (800) 800-1482 or our local number: (502) 589-4131 Which is located in Louisville Kentucky, U.S.A. If you are local to Louisville, use simply 589-4131. You may also need to add digits to obtain an outside line or for credit card dialing. You can verify that these settings work for your system by using the Windows Terminal program. You can also check that the modem strings supplied on the Communications Parameters screen work with you modem as well. Please see TROUBLE.TXT for more possibilities. WinNET Communications, Inc. offers the following Internet related services: * WinNET Plus - Windows software for Mail, News, with full On-Line Winsock (TCP/IP). * All regular Usenet News groups. * All Alt groups. * Special International and Local Usenet groups. e.g. FIDO, Germany, Houston, and more. * Large selection of Clarinet groups at no additional charge. * 9 cents/minute (total - NO surcharges) 800 number access from everywhere in the U.S. - all cities, all towns, everywhere. * 28.8 KBS V34 access * ISDN access. * Best tech support in the business, available toll free 12 hours a day. * Listservers - We do setup and you do the administration. * Custom Domain name registration. * Virtual WWW Domain names: WWW.yourname.COM * Every account has a free WWW home page. * Every account has a free anonymous FTP site. WinNET Direct Access: $19.95/month/ 20 hours free $1.00/hr thereafter (Using local number) WinNET US 800 Access: $19.95/month/ 4 hours free $5.40/hr thereafter WinNET Canada 800 Access: $19.95/month/ 1.5 hours free $15.40/hr thereafter All prices above include: ISDN Access UUCP account SLIP/PPP account Personal WEB PAGE Anonymous FTP site Additional Charges May Apply Web pages: Free up to 50MB of transfers/month (No charge for setup or storage) 10 cents/MB after above Free up to 1000MB (1GIG) of tranfers/month if main page includes a jump to WinNET’s home page 10 cents/MB after above FTP site (anonymous): Free up to 10MB average storage/month (No charge for setup or transfers) 10 cents/MB after above LISTSERV's (Mailing List): $25/month Request Robots (daemons): $25/month Domain Registration: Free if previously registered elsewhere (no charge to maintain or move to WinNET) $35 one time charge for new registration. Web Site address: Normal WinNET Web Site: Free (www.win.net/~system) WinNET Web Site with Domain name: Free after domain registration (www.mydomain.com/~system) Virtual Web site address & domain: $25/month (www.mydomain.com)