WHOINet Installation for Macintoshes

Set up TCP/IP and AppleTalk

1. You will receive an Acceptable Use Policy folder that contains your computer's nodename, IP address and Gateway (router) address. 
2. Open the TCP/IP Control Panel. Set to connect via ethernet. Set to configure manually. Set the IP address to the one registered on the Acceptable Use Policy folder. Set the subnet mask to 255.255.252.0. Set the router address to the one listed on the back page of the Acceptable Use Policy folder.. Set the DNS (Domain Name Server) servers to 128.128.16.1 and 128.128.16.2. Set the default search domain to whoi.edu. On the menu bar, select the Edit menu, User Mode. Set the User Mode to Advanced and click on OK. Click on the button named Options on the TCP/IP control panel and unselect "load only when needed". 
3. Open the AppleTalk Control Panel and set it to connect via Ethernet. Make sure the logical work zone is selected in Current Zone. (For instance, if your office is Clark 260, there will be three possibilities for "current zone". Select the one for your department and second floor of Clark.) 
4. Create a directory named PCDC (Personal Computer/Data Communication). Under Chooser, select Appleshare, CIS Zone, and the server named Electra. Log in as a guest and select BL's Macintosh to mount on your desktop. Install from BL's Mac into the PCDC directory: 
 
Telnet 2.6
Fetch 3.03
Netscape Communicator 4.76
Norton Anti-Virus
 

Set up of the above Software

1. Set up Telnet so the default connection is set to null. To set the default to null, open the Edit menu, select Preferences and Sessions. Select to change and delete the default server "nowhere.loopback.edu". If you have a server you always connect to, set up a set to open to that server. To create a set, open a connection to the server and under the File menu, select Save Set. It is convenient to save that set in the Apple Menu Items folder in the System folder. 
2. Set up Communicator with the User Profile Manager. Open preferences under the Edit menu and select the category Netscape. Set the home to www.whoi.edu/internal or to a location of your choice. Select the category Mail & Newsgroups , select the subcategory Identity and set to your user profile. Select the subcategory Mail Servers. On the right side of the dialog box specify the your Incoming Mail server (in some cases this will be mail3.whoi.edu...if you are not sure, call the Help Desk, x2439). Highlight the mail server name and select the button Edit. Under the General Tab, put your mail username (usually first initial, last name) in and select IMAP. This is where you can choose to check for mail on a regular basis and to save your password. Next, select the IMAP tab and make sure the messages are set to be moved to the Trash folder. Click on OK and at the first dialog box set the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server to mail.whoi.edu. Select the category News servers and create a new server named netnews.whoi.edu. Set that as the default news server. Click on OK to exit Preferences. Go to the Menu named Communicator and select Address Book. Go to the File menu and select New Directory. Set the directory name to WHOI Directory, the address is ldap.whoi.edu and the search string is c=us. Click on ok. 
3. Install the Norton Anti-Virus software and the latest update files. Remember to scan for viruses after updating. 
4. Make sure you know what you have installed and are comfortable using the software. If you have any questions, please call the Help Desk, x2439. If you need to buy additional software and/or hardware, please call Lynn Ladetto, x2375, in Procurement to always get the best price. We currently have site licenses for Mac software with Microsoft, Mathworks, and Symantec (Norton Anti-Virus.