The Macintosh requires that you set up both the dialer (ConfigPPP or FreePPP) and then set up your TCP/IP protocol.
Setting up your dialer
Go to your Apple menu, then Control Panels, and see whether you
have ConfigPPP or FreePPP.
Setting up your TCP/IP protocol.
Go to your Apple menu, then Control Panels, and see whether you
have MacTCP or TCP/IP.
Bring up Config PPP and make a New PPP Server .
Click on Config and change the phone number to the
local dial up number
Click on Connect Script and make sure nothing is
entered.. Click OK.
Bring up FreePPP and fill in the items as below.
Here's the General tab.
Here's the Account tab.
Enter the local diaulup number
Here's the Locations tab.
Here's the Modems tab.
This is for a typical 28.8 modem. Your modem may have a different
configuration or init string. It's very important to have Flow
Control set as shown.
Bring up the MacTCP control panel.
Select PPP and click on More.
Fill in the information as shown below. You'll have to restart
you Mac for these changes to take affect.
Open the TCP/IP control panel and fill in the information as shown below.
You'll have to reconfigure your various applications to reflect the new servers. Go into the Options/Preferences/Setup of each application and replace isp with the new one.