Anonymizer Dial-up Connection Instructions - Macintosh

There are two different methods for setting up Anonymizer  Dial-up Connections on the Macintosh.  One method covers setup on newer systems with Macintosh OT / PPP / TCPIP instructions while the other method covers setup on older Macintosh systems using Macintosh ConfigPPP/ FreePPP/ MacTCP instructions.

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Macintosh OT / PPP / TCPIP instructions

1. Change information in the PPP control panel. The control panels reside in the Apple Menu.
2. Open the PPP control panel, then: Click "Registered User".
3. Enter your Dial-up username in the "Name" box. Use the Check Account Status page to check your dial-up username after you sign up.
4. Enter your password in the "Password" box. Check "Save password".
5. Enter the phone number for your local area in the "Number" box. Check the dial-up numbers list for the telephone number local to you.
6. Click Options. Choose the Protocol section. Make sure "Allow error correction and compression in modem" and "Use TCP header compression" are checked. Ensure "Connect to a command line host" is not checked.
7. Click OK, close the PPP control panel, and save the changes.
8. Change numbers in the TCP/IP Control Panel. Open the TCP/IP control panel from control panels in the Apple menu, it should read as either default or server assigned. If it is not, then see if there is a setting for server assigned and choose that option. If not, then set the following:

   Connect via: PPP
   Configure: using PPP server
   Name server addresses: 216.34.245.2, 216.34.245.3
   Search domains: leave this box blank

   Try to connect to the Internet as normally.

   Macintosh ConfigPPP/ FreePPP/ MacTCP instructions

   This section covers setup on older Macintosh systems using MacTCP. The instructions assume you use either the ConfigPPP or FreePPP control panels to dial up to the Internet. If you don't, don't know, or if you don't know what this means at all, you're better off providing a postal address for the CD-rom.

   1. Change settings in the ConfigPPP or FreePPP control panel. They both look the same.  FreePPP is a newer version. Check in the Control Panels (under the Apple Menu) for the one on your Mac. Open this control panel, then do the following:
   2. Click Config. Write down the contents of the "Modem Init" box. Click Done.
   3. Click New. Call the new setting "Anonymizer". When finished, click Config.
   4. Port speed: 57600. Flow control: "CTS & RTS (DTR)". Modem Init: what you just wrote down. Phone num: look at this list to pick the correct phone number to dial for your area code.
   5. Click Authentication. Auth I.D.: your dial-up username code, which you can check by clicking through to this page (https://www.infonex.com/anonymizer/namecheck.html).  Password: the password you selected when you signed up.
   6. Click OK. Click Done. Close the Control Panel.
   7. Change some settings in the MacTCP control panel. Open the MacTCP control panel, and make sure you have "PPP" selected in the box of icons at the top. Click the "More..." button. In the "Obtain Address" section, you must choose "Server". If there is a setting for "default" or" "server assigned" in the "Domain Name Server Information" section then choose that setting. Otherwise, delete everything from the "Domain Name Server Information" section and make it look like this:  

      Domain	IP Address	Default
      anonymizer.com	216.34.245.2	(*)
      .	216.34.245.3	( )

   8. Change nothing else in MacTCP. Click OK, then close MacTCP. Restart your computer.  When your computer restarts, try connecting to the Internet as you usually do.

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