ACESSING THE INTERNET FROM MS WINDOWS

Introduction

This document describes some of the requirements, procedures, products and services involved in accessing the internet.

This is a work in progress.

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Overview

Since you are reading this document, you probably have some sort of internet access already. Perhaps you are using someone else's setup, or are using a unix or mac workstation and wish to migrate to MS Windows. Or perhaps you are interested in enhancing your existing MS Windows setup.

Hopefully, this document will contain some useful info and pointers for you.

The first thing you need is a machine with MS Windows installed, a TCP stack and some sort of physical access to the internet. That access may be via a LAN or serial telephone line. You will also need a TCP interface and some internet software.

Here is some additional information on these topics:

MS Windows Variations and the Internet

TCP Stacks on MS Windows

Winsock Basics

LAN Connections

SLIP and PPP Connections

Modem Basics

ISDN

Types of Internet Service Access

MS Windows Security Issues

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