Sometimes, you may need to dial into the Internet using a phone line and the analog modem that is built into your Macintosh. For example, if you have a laptop and you are traveling, you may decide to use the phone line in your hotel room to dial into the Internet.

Using dial-in access has three steps

1. Establish a dial-in account
2. Set up your machine
3. Dial in

Steps 1 and 2 only need to be done once. If you have trouble with any of the steps, please call us at 488-4349 for assistance.

Establishing a dial-in account

If you requested dial-in access when you signed up for an Open Door account, it was set up at the time we did your installation. Otherwise, call us at 488-4349 and request a dial-in account.

Setting up your machine for dial-in

If you requested dial-in access when you signed up for an Open Door account, it was set up at the time we did your installation. If you did not request access to our dial-in server at installation time, you can set up your machine as follows (you'll only need to do this once):

Mac OS X

1. Open System Preferences and choose Network.
2. From the Location popup menu choose New Location and name the new location "Open Door Dial-in".
3. From the Show popup menu choose Internal Modem.
4. Click the PPP tab.
5. Enter data into Account Name (your Open Door account name) and Telephone Number (541-482-3181). If you're using a laptop, don't enter your password here.
6. From the Location popup menu switch to the location you now wish to use
7. Close the Network window.

Mac OS 8.6 Through 9.x

Create a configuration in the TCP/IP Control Panel

1. Open the TCP/IP Control Panel.
2. From the File menu choose Configurations.
3. Select any configuration and then click Duplicate. Name the new configuration "Open Door dial-in" and click "Make Active".
4. For "Connect via" choose PPP.
5. For "Configure using" use the default "Using PPP server".
6. In the name server addr box, enter 66.241.68.28 and 66.241.68.29 on separate lines.
7. All other boxes should be empty.
8. From the File menu choose Configurations and, when prompted, choose to save changes.
9. Choose the configuration you want to use, click "Make Active" and close the TCP/IP Control Panel.

Create a configuration in the Remote Access Control Panel

1. Open the Remote Access Control Panel.
2. Select any configuration and then click Duplicate. Name the new configuration "Open Door dial-in" and click "Make Active".
3. Enter data for Name (your Open Door account name) and Number (541-482-3181). If you have a laptop, don't enter your password yet.
4. Close the Remote Access Control Panel and save the changes.

Dialing in

Mac OS X

1. From the Apple Menu, select System Preferences.
2. Click on the Network icon in the System Preferences window.
3. With the Location popup menu choose the Location you created for dialing into Open Door, and click Apply Now.
4. Close System Preferences.
5. Open the Applications folder and double-click Internet Connect.
6. Click the Connect button.
7. You should hear the modem dialing (unless you have sound disabled).
8. In a minute or two, you will be connected to the Open Door dial-in server and to the Internet. You can now surf the Web and do e-mail in the same manner that you normally do.

Please keep your connection times short, so others may have access to our dial-in server.

To switch from dial-up back to your high-speed AFN connection

1. From the Apple Menu, select System Preferences.
2. Click on the Network icon in the System Preferences window.
3. With the Location popup menu choose the Location for AFN and click Apply Now.
4. Close System Preferences.

Mac OS 8.6 through 9.X

1. From the Apple Menu, select Control Panels and then TCP/IP.
2. From the File menu choose Configurations and then choose the configuration you created for dial-in.
3. Close the TCP/IP Control Panel.
4. From the Apple Menu, select Control Panels and then Remote Access.
5. Choose the configuration you created for dialing into Open Door.
6. Click the Connect button.
7. You should hear the modem dialing (unless you have sound disabled).
8. In a minute or two, you will be connected to the Open Door dial-in server and to the Internet. You can now surf the Web and do e-mail in the same manner that you normally do.

Please keep your connection times short, so others may have access to our dial-in server.

To switch from dial-up back to your high-speed AFN connection

1. From the Apple Menu, select Control Panels and then TCP/IP.
2. From the File menu choose Configurations and then choose the configuration for AFN.
3. Close the TCP/IP Control Panel.