1) Double click on the 'Connect to the Internet' icon on the Windows 98 desktop.
(If this icon does not appear on your desktop, please do the following; click the start button, then navigate to programs, then accessories, communications finally click 'Connect to the Internet' icon.
2) Select 'I have an existing account through my phone line or local area network (LAN) - Help me set up my computer to connect to this internet account'. then click next.
3) Select 'Select this option if you are accessing the Internet using an Internet Service Provider or a local area network (LAN)' then click the next icon.
4) Select 'Connect using my phone line' then click next.
5) If you already have an existing dial up connection, highlight it and click next and accept previous details then skip to section 10.
6) If you don't have a dial up connection listed, please do the following;
To create a new dial up connection;
Enter 0870 624 1100 as the dial-in telephone number, then click next.
7) Enter your login name in lower case and your password in the appropriate boxes, then click next.
8) You will then be asked if you wish to amend any advanced settings, click NO for
this and then click next.
9) Type MCB Pay as you go into the box, and click next.
10) When prompted to set up an Internet Mail Account, select yes and click next.
11) Select 'create a new Internet Mail Account', if you do have one highlight it and click next and accept previous details and then skip to section 17. If not please do the following :-
12) Type your full name (as you would want it to be displayed ) into the Display Name and click next.
13) Type your e-mail address into the box, and click next
14) Select POP3 from the pull down menu list at the top of the screen, type in mail.mcb.net into both the incoming and outgoing mail server boxes, and then click next
15) Enter your login name and password, and click next
16) When prompted for a friendly name enter MCB Pay as you go Mail, and click next
17) When prompted to set up Internet News Account select yes and click next. If you already have an existing News Account highlight it and click next, then confirm the original settingsand click next. Then goto section 22.
If you do not have a News Account please do the following;
18) Type in your full name as the display name and click next.
19) Type in your email address again and click next
20) Type in news.mcb.net as the News (NNTP) Server. Make sure the 'My news server require me to log on' is NOT ticked, then click next.
21) When prompted for a friendly name enter 'MCB News', and click next
22) Select no when prompted to set up an Internet Directory Services, and then click next.
23) Click finish.
YOU HAVE NOW CONFIGURED IE4.x & IE5.x FOR THE INTERNET, AS WELL AS EMAIL AND INTERNET NEWS USING OUTLOOK EXPRESS.
NOW YOU NEED TO CONFIGURE YOUR COMPUTER SO THAT IT CAN DIAL CORRECTLY TO MCB Pay as you go.
Dialup Networking
1) Double click My Computer
2) Double click Dial Up Networking
3) Single click MCB Pay as you go and choose properties from the file menu
4) Make sure that 'Use area code and Dialing properties is NOT ticked and then select 'Server Types' at the top of the window.
5) Ensure that the type of dial-up server is 'PPP:Internet,Windows NT, Windows 98'.
6) In the Advanced Options section, the only item that needs to be ticked is 'Enable Software Compression'
7) In the Allowed Network Protocols, the only necessary item to be ticked is TCP/IP.
8) Now click TCP/IP Settings
9) The boxes should be ticked for server assigned IP address and DNS search order.
10) Click OK | OK | OK
Your IP address, primary and secondary name servers are allocated dynamically
You are now ready to connect to MCB Pay as you go by clicking on the Internet Explorer icon, the Outlook Express icon or by clicking on the MCB Pay as you go icon under dialup networking.