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--- guides:connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet [2019-11-16 04:55]
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 ====== Connect Windows 95/98/Me to the Internet with dial-up and Raspberry Pi ======
-This step-by-step guide will show you how to get a Windows 95/98/Me computer connected to Ethernet and the Internet using just a serial port and Virtual Modem software running on your Raspberry Pi host system or other system of choice. If you have not already, please follow the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|instructions how to set up Virtual Modem]] as it is a prerequisite for this tutorial. Make sure the serial cable is connected to the Raspberry and the vmodem.sh script is running on it before attempting this part of the guide. You can manually run vmodem.sh to see what is happening on the console of the Raspberry Pi if you need to troubleshoot.
+This guide describes how to get a Windows 95/98/Me computer connected on the network using only the serial port of the computer and a [[Virtual Modem]] PPP interface software running on the network host machine, such as a Raspberry Pi. If you have not already, please follow the [[Guides:Virtual Modem|instructions how to set up Virtual Modem]] as it is a prerequisite for this tutorial. Make sure the serial cable is connected between the Raspberry Pi and the Windows computer, and that the vmodem.sh script is running on it before attempting this part of the guide.
-You can connect to the Internet with the built-in dial-up functionality of Windows 95/98/Me, no network card needed. We will go through the steps how to set up a modem and then a dial-up connection on your Windows 95 (or later) computer. For the sake of completeness, we will then test the connection using Netscape Communicator 4.0, but you're free to use any web browser.
+You can connect to the Internet with the built-in Dial-up Networking ("DUN" for short) of Windows 95/98/Me, no network card needed. We will go through the steps how to set up a modem and then a dial-up connection on your Windows 95 (or later) computer. For the sake of completeness, we will then test the connection using Netscape Communicator 4.0, but you're free to use any web browser.
 Once again, please make sure you have [[Virtual Modem|VModem]] set up and running and a serial cable is connected between the Raspberry Pi and your Windows 9x computer before attempting the following steps.
+Dial-up Networking has been tested working with a clean install of Windows 95 OSR2 rev C, and a clean Windows 95 computer with the DUN 1.4 update, and a clean install of Windows 98 Second Edition.
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-==== A work in progress! ====
-I am currently in the process of writing this guide. At it's current state the tutorial is in **PRE-ALPHA**. This message will be updated as I continue to work on this tutorial series.
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 ===== Modem Setup =====
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   * Select the Serial COM port the Raspberry is connected to. If you've connected your Raspberry Pi via Serial cable to Serial Port 1 (COM1), select **Communications Port (COM1)**, then click Next:
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+  * If you get a prompt for an area code, type in '0' for now.
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 ===== Dial-up Setup =====
-Almost there! What we need to do next is tell Windows that there is a phone number you want to dial, and the modem you want to use is Raspberry Pi Virtual Modem. Go ahead and open up **Dial-Up Networking** from the **Start** menu:
+Almost there! What we need to do next is tell Windows that there is a phone number you want to dial, and the modem you want to use is Raspberry Pi Virtual Modem. Go ahead and open up **Dial-Up Networking** from the **Start** menu.
+**Note!**
+  * If your computer is a clean Windows 95 install, Go to **Start** --> **Programs** --> **Accessories** --> **Dial-Up Networking**
+  * If your computer has the Dial-Up Networking (DUN) 1.4 update, go to **Start** --> **Programs** --> **Accessories** --> **Communications** --> **Dial-Up Networking**
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-  * If everything goes well, after a while you will see the **Connection Established** window. Windows 9x now genuinely thinks that you have connected to your Internet Service Provider. You can close the window.
+  * If everything goes well, after a while you will see the **Connection Established** window. Congratulations!
+  *  Windows 9x now genuinely thinks that you have connected to your Internet Service Provider. You can close the window.
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-  * On your first connection, you should see bytes received and bytes sent. These are the IP address information that pppd sends over.
+  * On your first connection, you should see some bytes received and sent. The initial data that was received from Raspberry is the pppd handshake, with the usual network configuration information.
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 ==== Unable to connect on dial-up ====
   * Make sure vmodem script is running on Raspberry Pi
+  * Some computers are not capable of operating at fast serial speeds. If you're unable to connect at 57600 or faster, try slower speeds, such as 9600 baud at first. Adjust both the vmodem.sh script and the computer to connect at only 9600 baud. If that works, work your way up to see where the limit for your specific computer is.
 ==== Dial-up connects, but no websites open ====
   * Most current websites do not support unencrypted HTTP connections. As far as I understand, old operating systems do no longer have valid certificates, and this prevents connections to most websites. You can still explore archived websites using a Wayback Proxy server. See the section [[guides:connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet#Internet Access|Internet Access]] for more information.

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