Macintosh Information

Setting up your Macintosh to Connect to WVNET

Select your Macintosh's Operating System:
If you do not know which operating system you have, go to the Apple Menu and select "About this Computer" (Make sure Finder is the active program - look in the upper right-hand corner of your screen). You can also check our brief explanation of the Mac OS history at the bottom of this page.

OS X (10)

Manual Configuration: Connecting to WVNET with Mac OS X (OS10)

OS 8.x - 9.x:

Step-by-step Wizard: Internet Setup Assistant instructions
Manual Configuration: Remote Access (formerly known as PPP)
Checking and changing your TCP/IP settings

Need help troubleshooting?

The Internet provides numerous places online for Macintosh Information and Troubleshooting. Below are some links that can help you find the answer to just about any Macintosh question.

*WVNET is not responsible for the content of external articles and links.

Macintosh User Groups
Get help from other Macintosh users at Apple's User Group forum.
http://www.apple.com/usergroups/

Apple's online Macintosh troubleshooting resource
Apple's Tech Info Library - http://til.info.apple.com

Online Macintosh Users Magazines:
MacWorld - http://www.macworld.com
MacAddict - http://www.macaddict.com

Other Macintosh Information

Dialers: Remote Access/PPP
Network Settings: TCP/IP
e-mail: Setting up your Macintosh to check e-mail
Web Pages/FTP: Using your Web space and FTP
FAQ: Macintosh FAQ
Software: Macintosh Software Download sites

Mac OS History

This is intended to give you a better idea of which operating system you might have.
OS 7-7.6	Before Summer of 1997 To connect to WVNET's Internet dialup service, you must have OS 7.5 or higher. Macs with this operating system use ConfigPPP and Mac TCP for their configuration.
OS 8.0-8.1	Summer of 1997-1998 The original iMacs (August 1998) came with OS 8.1 features the Internet Setup Assistant. Pertinent control panels: "PPP" for dialing and "TCP/IP" for DNS settings.
OS 8.5-8.6	September 1998 - mid 1999 features the Internet Setup Assistant. Pertinent control panels: "PPP" is now called "Remote Access" and "TCP/IP" still used for DNS settings.
OS 9.x	Most current version of the classic Mac OS features the Internet Setup Assistant. Pertinent control panels: "Remote Access" and "TCP/IP." Note: users with the AirPort wireless networking will not use Remote Access, but will use the Airport Admin Utility to set up their configuration. WVNET does not offer documentation for this at this time. Go to Apple's Web site for more information on the AirPort.
OS X	Current Much different than the previous Mac OS, but still user-friendly. Go to Apple's Web site for more information. Not to be confused with Mac OS X Server