guides:connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet
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| - | * Inside the **Telephone number** box, type in the number **1**. Dialing **1** will execute the script **1.sh** on the Raspberry Pi, which by default initiates a PPP connection with the client (Windows 95) computer. | + | * Inside the **Telephone number** box, type in the number **1**. Dialing **1** will execute the script **1.sh** on the Raspberry Pi, which by default initiates a PPP connection with the client (Windows 95) computer. You can rename this script to whatever you want if you'd like to customize the phone number. |
| * **Country code** must match your computer's locale. | * **Country code** must match your computer's locale. | ||
| * Leave everything else to their defaults. | * Leave everything else to their defaults. | ||
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| - | * If you have the virtual modem script visible, you will see the Hayes commands being sent at this time: | + | * If you have the virtual modem script visible, you will see the Hayes commands being sent from the Windows computer in realtime: |
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| ==== Warning ==== | ==== Warning ==== | ||
| * Old web browsers are fairly vulnerable to today's hacks and depending on the website(s) visited, may allow malicious software on the computer. Proceed at your caution. | * Old web browsers are fairly vulnerable to today's hacks and depending on the website(s) visited, may allow malicious software on the computer. Proceed at your caution. | ||
| + | * You may use www.protoweb.org to surf only classic websites, which do not exploit newer browser vulnerabilities. | ||
| * If you plan on visiting websites that are live today, you may consider disabling Javascript in the web browser settings. If Javascript is enabled, it may cause all sorts of pop-up errors to show up on modern websites to the point where it could make the whole web browser unusable. | * If you plan on visiting websites that are live today, you may consider disabling Javascript in the web browser settings. If Javascript is enabled, it may cause all sorts of pop-up errors to show up on modern websites to the point where it could make the whole web browser unusable. | ||
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| ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ===== Troubleshooting ===== | ||
guides/connecting_windows_9x_to_the_internet.txt · Last modified: 2022-12-20 05:52 by omolini
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