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Chapter 14

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• Step-by-Step Internet
• Asking Your Internet Provider for Specific Information
• CFG File for the Chameleon WebSurfer Sampler
• Userid and Password
• Domain
• Internet Protocol (IP) Address
• Dynamic Addressing
• Static Addressing
• Domain Name Server
• Access Phone Number
• Mail and News Servers
• Identifying Your Hardware
• Port Settings
• Baud Rate
• Data Bits
• Stop Bits
• Parity
• Flow Control
• Connector or Port
• Modem Settings
• Dial Prefix
• Initialization String
• Installing and Configuring the NetManage Chameleon WebSurfer Sampler
• Interface Menu
• Setup Menu
• IP Address
• Host Name
• Domain Name
• Port and Modem
• Dial
• Login
• Services Menu
• Default Gateway
• Domain Servers
• Saving the Settings
• Eudora 1.4
• Launch and Configure Eudora
• Compose and Send an Email Message to President Clinton
• Subscribe to the Win3-L Mailing List
• Read, Reply to, and Delete an Email Message
• News Xpress 1.0 Beta #2
• Launch and Configure News Xpress
• Subscribe to Some Useful Newsgroups
• Read Articles in One of the Subscribed Groups
• Post a Message into One of the Subscribed Groups
• WS_FTP 95.01.22
• Launch and Configure WS_FTP, Setting Up a New FTP Site to Connect To
• Connect to ftp.tidbits.com and Retrieve a File
• Connect to a Preconfigured Site and Retrieve a File
• WinWAIS
• Launch and Configure WinWAIS
• Find a Source
• Ask a Specific Question
• WebSurfer 4.12
• Launch and Configure WebSurfer
• Visit GNN
• Use the Hotlist
• Netscape 1.0
• Install Netscape 1.0
• Launch and Configure Netscape
• Browse the Web
• Visit the Lotus Web Server
• Use Bookmarks
• This Is Only the Beginning

Quick Reminder: WebSurfer is a client application for the World Wide Web, a graphical way of browsing through many kinds of Internet information sources.

Tasks:

1. Launch and configure WebSurfer
2. Visit GNN
3. Use the Hotlist

1. Make sure you are connected to the Internet -- connect with your WinSock stack, probably using Custom.
2. Double-click on WebSurfer in program manager to launch it.
3. From the Settings menu, choose Preferences.

   WebSurfer displays the Preferences dialog.



Figure 14.22: Getting to WebSurfer Preferences.

4. Type in the name of the Telnet and Gopher applications, if you have them, into the Helper Applications Filenames dialog. Otherwise, you can just leave them blank.


Figure 14.23: Preferences dialog.

5. Click on the OK button to save your changes.

1. From the Retrieve menu, choose Go To URL.
2. In the box labeled URL, type http://www.gnn.com/


Figure 14.24: WebSurfer Go To Document window.

3. Click the OK button to connect to the GNN Web server.


Figure 14.25: GNN Subscriber Information Web page.

NOTE: The hotlist is a list of places to which you have saved pointers, in case you might want to return to certain Web sites later. WebSurfer comes preloaded with a pointer to the NetManage Web server.

1. From the Retrieve menu, choose Add To Hotlist

   WebSurfer adds www.gnn.com to your Hotlist.



Figure 14.26: Getting to Add To Hotlist.

2. From the Retrieve menu, choose Hotlist.

   WebSurfer brings up the WebSurfer - Hotlist - Favorite Places window with the GNN server in the list.



Figure 14.27: WebSurfer Hotlist window.

3. To see the hotlist work, click on NetManage World Wide Web Server and you will be transported to the NetManage Web site (see figure 14.28). If you'd like to demonstrate the addition that you just made to the Hotlist, repeat the process choosing the GNN server.

Figure 14.28: NetManage Web site.

Those are the essentials of using WebSurfer. The whole beauty of the World Wide Web and the various browsers is ease of use. If I had to write up seven or eight pages of text to describe how to navigate in the Web, I would sense a serious problem with this model. Happily, that is not the case, and most of the actions that you can take in WebSurfer are clear and simple. I just love programs like that.

We've created an Internet Starter Kit for Windows Home Page that contains many useful links. To access it, either use the link from the default home page that WebSurfer comes set to use, or go directly to:

http://www.tidbits.com/tidbits/iskwlnks.html