Okay… Internet time. I'll start this post with regular dial-up questions. I'm pretty sure that I don't want a shell account, unless I want to experiment with my Apple IIGS and Proterm, but that's for another thread. So that leaves me with ppp. and slip. What's the difference between these two, other than that ppp. is faster? What about differences between 56k flex, dual 56k (shotgun) and 56k v.90/92? The other option that really interests me is ISDN. I've found several isps in New Jersey that offer it in both it's 64k (single) and 128 (dual) forms as well as something called Dual Dedicated ISDN. I read that an ISDN line is digital and not analogue and I know that the Verizon Fios line on the phone downstairs is purely digital. So would I be able to have a line brought up here and use it for an ISDN connection or would I still need to get a special one? Is it even worth it to just use the one line at 64k or am I better off with regular 56K service? I also read that there's a way to surf with speeds up to 112k with regular modems by using two phone lines through something called multilinking. Is this the dual 56k that I wrote about earlier? In any case, it sounds like something the os can do, but as with the ISDN, there's the cost to consider.
Regardless of which way I choose, in dial-up at least, If I use something like NetTamer, everything's already built-in. But if I don't, I'll need to get a packet driver, preferably one with a dialer and then choose a browser. I've heard of Lynx, DosLynx and Bobcat and it's more modern clones but am not sure how well they can handle pages in 2010. Then, there's EdBrowse, which is a much newer program, but I'm not sure if it's accessible. Has anyone here ever used it, perhaps under it's Linux version? I'm referring to version 1, since that's the one that's also DOS-compatible. Of course, broadband is better but I have a few things to consider here. I've heard that DOS can handle wireless connections but need to find the proper card, Wavelan or Orinoko, and drivers. Since I'll be using a desktop, I won't be carrying it around, so I could use an ethernet connection. But the router is downstairs in the main house and I'm upstairs in my own place, so that could cause a problem. I'm also not sure if I can use it with my Verizon Fios plan because I don't know what information, if any, I'll need to connect to the net that way nor if Verizon has the proper setup to work with DOS. I'll need to find and review the page on home networks that I came across awhile ago and then call Verizon and see if they can assist me. Would anyone be able to tell me what I need as far as configuration etc? I did find two pages that might help at least with some of this. http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/ has many drivers and programs to get me started. As a matter of fact, there are so many that I don't know where to begin. Has anyone here used any of the software listed on this page? and http://members.surfbest.net/[email protected]/dos.h tm has some interesting information on connecting to the net as well as some links to useful programs. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in awhile and some of the links are broken. It's also a bit rambly so I had to go through alot of extra commentary to get to the information that I needed. What I'd really like is an uncomplicated step by step tutorial on what I need to do because this is confusing me. Maybe, it will be easier once I'm reading it and doing it at the same time. Thanks, Eleni For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
