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<chapter id="getting-online">
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<title>Getting online the easy way</title>
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<sect1 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 of &Linux;,
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you may well find that setting up an internet connection is as simple as running
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the &kppp; wizard.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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