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<chapter id="setup">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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&Lauri.Watts;
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>Setting up an Internet Connection</title>
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<!-- Contents shamelessly stolen from the KPPP manual, written by -->
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<!-- Lauri -->
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<para>&tde; offers a complete Internet experience, with all the
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programs you'll need to make the most of the Web, email, Usenet and
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many other Internet technologies. But before you can enjoy &tde;'s
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advanced features, you'll need to get online. Here's how:</para>
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<para>If you're using <quote>dialup</quote> (that is, connecting to
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the Internet with a modem connected to a telephone line), you'll want
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to set up the &tde; dialing program, &kppp;. If that sounds
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complicated, don't worry: &kppp; has an advanced configuration wizard,
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which will usually take the pain out of setting up your dialup
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connection. Take a look at the next two sections for more
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details.</para>
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<para>If you're using a broadband connection, or connecting via a
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local network, things are easier (from the point of view of
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&tde;). Once you've set up the connection with the tools provided by
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your &Linux; or &UNIX; distribution, &tde; will use the connection
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automatically.</para>
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<sect1 id="getting-online">
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<title>Getting online the easy way</title>
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<sect2 id="things-to-prepare">
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<title>A few things you should have ready before you start</title>
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<para>If you have a fairly modern &Linux; distribution, you might find the rest
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of this document superfluous. &kppp; comes with a clever little wizard that in
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many cases can have you up and running with an internet connection in just a few
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minutes.</para>
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<para>Whether using the wizard or not, you should know the following information
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before you begin:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Your <acronym>ISP</acronym> modem pool phone
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number.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Your username and password for your
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<acronym>ISP</acronym>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Your <acronym>ISP</acronym>'s <acronym>DNS</acronym> servers
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(one is sufficient, but two is better).</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Other optional information you should find out to fully access your
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<acronym>ISP</acronym>'s services are:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The incoming mail server address (often <systemitem
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class="systemname">pop.yourisp.com</systemitem> or <systemitem
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class="systemname">mail.yourisp.com</systemitem>).</para><para>Also find out if
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your <acronym>ISP</acronym> uses the POP3 protocol or IMAP.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The outgoing (<acronym>SMTP</acronym>) mail server address (it
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could be the same as the incoming mail server, or it is often called something
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like <systemitem
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class="systemname">smtp.yourisp.com</systemitem>).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The Usenet News (<acronym>NNTP</acronym>) server address (possibly
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<systemitem class="systemname">news.yourisp.com</systemitem> or <systemitem
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class="systemname">nntp.yourisp.com</systemitem>).</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Any proxy servers your <acronym>ISP</acronym> has set
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up.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>All this information is probably available on any paperwork you received
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from your <acronym>ISP</acronym> when you signed up with them, or you can find
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it out from your <acronym>ISP</acronym>'s support telephone line.</para>
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<para>Armed with the above, and a fairly recent default installation
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of &Linux;, you may well find that setting up an internet connection
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is as simple as running the &kppp; wizard.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="wizard">
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<title>The &kppp; wizard</title>
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<sect2 id="starting-the-wizard">
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<title>Starting the Wizard.</title>
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<para>You can start the wizard from &kppp;'s initial screen. Start &kppp; from
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your <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu, where you will find its entry in the
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<guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu> as <guimenuitem>&kppp; (Internet Dial-Up
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Tool</guimenuitem>.</para>
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<para>The following dialog will appear:</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The &kppp; dialer startup dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="kppp-dialer-tab.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The &kppp; dialer startup dialog</phrase>
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</textobject>
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<caption><para>The &kppp; dialer startup dialog</para></caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>It will probably not have any entries to begin with, and that's
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what we're about to do now.</para>
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<para>Click the <guibutton>Configure...</guibutton> button to begin setting up a new
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Internet connection.</para>
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<!-- the following is outdated and has to be rewritten 27.06.2006 lueck-->
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<para>The wizard will offer you three choices, <guibutton>Wizard</guibutton>,
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<guibutton>Dialog Setup</guibutton> and <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton></para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The wizard asks you what you want to do...</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="kppp-wizard.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject><phrase>The wizard asks you what you want to
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do...</phrase></textobject>
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<caption><para>The wizard asks you what you want to do</para></caption>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guibutton>Cancel</guibutton></term>
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<listitem><para>Choose this if you really don't want to be setting up a new
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account right now. The message box will go away, and you will be left with the
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dialer window as before.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guibutton>Wizard</guibutton></term>
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<listitem><para>If you have a fairly standard modem, and use one of the larger
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ISP's for your country, the wizard will probably be able to set you up
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immediately with a working Internet Connection. Try this first, before you try
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to set up the connection manually.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guibutton>Dialog Setup</guibutton></term>
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<listitem><para>If you don't succeed with the Wizard, or you just want to do
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things yourself, choose this. The wizard currently is only useful for a small
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subset of countries and Internet Providers.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>For the purposes of this chapter, we'll assume you are choosing
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<guibutton>Wizard</guibutton>, and the dialog based setup will be
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described in a later chapter.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="finishing-the-wizard">
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<title>The Rest of the Wizard</title>
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<para>The first window you see contains just introductory text, explaining the
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things you read about in the first section of this chapter. Click
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<guibutton>Next</guibutton> to move on.</para>
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<para>The second window asks you to choose the country you live in. Not all
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countries are represented here, and if the country you live in is not listed,
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you will have to click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, in which case the Dialog-based setup will start for you to continue
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with.</para>
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<para>On the next window, you will be given a choice of Internet
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Providers that &kppp; knows about, based on your choice of location in
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the previous window. Again, if your <acronym>ISP</acronym> is not
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listed here, you will have to click <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> and
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do your setup in the Dialog-based setup</para>
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<para>You will now be asked to enter your username and password for your
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internet connection. Please note, that for some <acronym>ISP</acronym>s this
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differs from your mail account user name and password, so make sure you use the
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right one. Choose <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to continue.</para>
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<para>On the next window, you have a chance to enter any special dial prefixes
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you might have - for example, if you must dial <quote>0</quote> for an outside
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line, or if you have a prefix you can dial to turn off call waiting. Choose
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<guibutton>Next</guibutton> to continue.</para>
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<para>And that's all! If you want to revisit any of your choices, you can use
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the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> and <guibutton>Next</guibutton> buttons to move
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back and forth through the dialogs. When you're done with your settings, click the
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<guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button, and you're all done.</para>
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<para>If you need more details, you can read the full &kppp;
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manual in the &tde; Help Center, or by typing
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<userinput>help:/kppp</userinput> in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel>
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bar in &konqueror;.</para>
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<!-- Add links to "further reading" here -->
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<!-- <itemizedlist>
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<title>Related Information</title>
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<listitem><para>to be written</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>-->
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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