SETTING UP AN INTERNET CONNECTION.

Before you can make any use of the Internet from your computer, you need to connect!! The connection itself is often known as a "socket", into which applications such as e-mail readers and web browsers "plug" themselves in order to gain access.

We will be assuming that you are using Windows 95 or Windows 98, and that you have just obtained an account with one of the major Spanish ISPs. We will also assume that your modem is correctly set up and working.

The ISP will have supplied you with the following information (items marked with * you give to them!)

Your user name to make the connection (and password *)

Your local access node (the number you need to dial to connect)

Your IP address

Their DNS (name server) addresses.

Although you don't need them just to connect and browse the web, you will also be given details of:

Your user name to access your e-mail (and password *)

Your e-mail address

Their POP3 server

Their SMTP server

Their news server

OK, so what do we do with this information?