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MacOSX(PPPoE)
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For MacOSX(PPPoE)

Keep the information below on hand. This information was displayed on your browser when you signed-up for our service, or given in the Quick Reference sheet we send by postal mail with the Access Information Sheet.

You will see the following items written in green letters throughout this manual. Please enter your own information wherever these items appear.

- Connect Login Name
- Connect Login Password
1. Click on the "Apple" menu in the menu bar and click on the "System Preferences". Then click on the "Network" icon shown in the toolbar in the upper part of the window.
The "System Preferences" window
2. The "Network" window will appear. Set "Location" and "Show" to the values shown below.

The "TCP/IP" tab of the "Network" window

Location
Automatic
Show
Built-in Ethernet
3.

Click on the "PPPoE" tab and set the following items to the values below.

The "PPPoE" tab of the "Network" window
Connect using PPPoE
Checked
Service Provider
SpinNet
Account Name
Connect Login Name followed by @spinnet.jp

(E.g.: When the Connect Login Name is 12345678@tka.jpn, the account name is 12345678@tka.jpn@spinnet.jp.)
Password
Connect Login Password (displayed as "")

* The password is case sensitive.

Save password
Checked
4. Click on the "PPPoE Options" button and set the following items to the values below.

The "PPPoE Options" of the "Network" window

Connect automatically when starting TCP/IP applications
Unchecked
Prompt every [ ] minutes to maintain connection
Checked

* Change the value of "every [ ] minutes" if needed.
Disconnect if idle for [ ] minutes
Checked

* Change the value of "for [ ] minutes" if needed.
Disconnect when user logs out
Checked
Send PPP echo packets
Unchecked
Use verbose logging
Unchecked
5. Click on the "OK" button to return to the "Network" window.
6. Click on the "TCP/IP" tab, set "Configure", "Domain Name Servers(Optional)" and "Search Domains(Optional).
The "TCP/IP" tab of the "Network" window
Configure
Using PPP
Domain Name Servers(Optional)
Blank
Search Domains(Optional)
Blank
7. Click on the "Proxies" tab and set the following items to unchecked.
The "Proxies" tab of the "Network" window
FTP Proxy
Unchecked
Use Passive FTP Mode(PASV)
Unchecked
Web Proxy(HTTP)
Unchecked
Secure Web Proxy
Unchecked
Streaming Proxy(RTSP)
Unchecked
Gopher Proxy
Unchecked
SOCKS Firewall
Unchecked
8. Confirm the entered information and click on the "Apply Now" button to close the "Network" window.
-- Connection Procedure
1. Click on "Finder" in the "Dock" to open the "Finder" window, then click on the "Applications" button in the toolbar.

* If the "Dock" is not displayed, choose "New Finder Window" under the "File" menu to open the "Finder" window.
The "Finder" window
2. The "Applications" window will appear. Double-click on the "Internet Connect" icon.
Internet Connect
3. The "Internal Modem" window will appear. Select "Built-in Ethernet" from "Configuration". Verify that the "Name" is correct.

The "Built-in Ethernet" window

Name
Connect Login Name followed by @spinnet.jp
(E.g.: 12345678@tka.jpn@spinnet.jp.)
4. Click on the "Connect" button in the "Built-in Ethernet" window. Connection will be attempted.
5. When the connection has been made, the connection state will be shown in "Status". The "Status" of the "Built-in Ethernet" window

The settings for connection to the Internet are now complete. Welcome to SpinNet!
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