Connecting to ASAHI Net with Trumpet Winsock

Where to download it / Installing Trumpet Winsock / Setting up Winsock for PPP
Logging in for the first time

Where to download it

Download it from the USA (probably the quickest way): ftp://ftp.trumpet.com/winsock/twsk30d.exe

Download it from Australia (slower, but still good): ftp://jazz.trumpet..com.au/winsock/twsk30d.exe

Installing Trumpet Winsock (if you just got it, or have never used it before)

1. Create a folder on your C: drive called Trumpet. If you download Trumpet Winsock from the Internet, save the file twsk30c.exe (or twsk30d.exe, whichever version you have) in the Trumpet folder. Select Run... from the Program Manager, and run c:\trumpet\twsk30c.exe to uncompress Trumpet. Then select Run... again, and run c:\trumpet\install.exe. If this is the first time you have installed any internet software, you can answer yes to any questions it asks about updating files.
   
   
   
2. When you first install Trumpet Winsock, it will ask you to fill out some information. Please fill it out as written below. (If you are merely reconfiguring a version of Trumpet you already have installed, please skip to "Setting up Winsock for PPP.")
   
   
   
3. In the Trumpet Winsock Setup screen (the first window you will see), fill out the following information, as indicated in the graphic you see here. Enter the following values:
   
   

IP address: 0.0.0.0 DNS server: 202.224.32.1 Domain suffix: asahi-net.or.jp Select PPP. Leave Vector, Netmask, and Gateway at their defaults. We advise you to leave Demand load timeout, MTU, TCP RWIN, TCP MSS, and TCP RTO MAX alone. These values can be tailored to suit your needs once you have things running, but you should be able to establish a connection using the default values indicated here.




4. When you are finished, click the button marked Dialler Settings... in order to go to the following screen:
   
   
   

Select the COMM port your modem is on.
Set Online Status Detection to DCD (RLSD).
Set Hardware handshaking and VJ header compression as required. Hardware handshaking is recommended if your modem and modem cable support it. Under PPP, header compression is optional and recommended.
Click OK to return to the Trumpet Winsock Setup screen, then OK again. Restart Windows, so all the changes can take effect.






5. After you restart, double-click the Trumpet Winsock icon to launch the program. From the File menu, select PPP Options.... You will see the window indicated below. Click on the box next to Password Authentication Protocol (PAP). Then, type your UserID and password as indicated (your password will appear only as asterisks, for security reasons). Click on the OK button.
   
   
   
   
   If you see the windows for Modem Settings and Server Settings, you can leave those at their defaults, and just press OK for both of them.
   
   
   
   
6. Then skip ahead to Logging in for the First Time.
   

Setting up Winsock for PPP (if you already have it, but need to configure it for ASAHI Net)

From the File menu, select Setup.... Fill out the following information, as indicated in the graphic below. Enter the following values:

IP address: 0.0.0.0 DNS server: 202.224.32.1 Domain suffix: asahi-net.or.jp Select PPP. Leave Vector, Netmask, and Gateway at their defaults. We advise you to leave Demand load timeout, MTU, TCP RWIN, TCP MSS, and TCP RTO MAX alone. These values can be tailored to suit your needs once you have things running, but you should be able to establish a connection using the default values indicated here.

When you are finished, click the button marked Dialler Settings... in order to go to the following screen:

Select the COMM port your modem is on.
Set Online Status Detection to DCD (RLSD).
Set Hardware handshaking and VJ header compression as required. Hardware handshaking is recommended if your modem and modem cable support it. Under PPP, header compression is optional and recommended.
Click OK to return to the Trumpet Winsock Setup screen, then OK again. Restart Windows, so all the changes can take effect.

After you restart, double-click the Trumpet Winsock icon to launch the program. From the File menu, select PPP Options.... You will see the window indicated below. Click on the box next to Password Authentication Protocol (PAP). Then, type your UserID and password as originally assigned to you (your password will appear only as asterisks, for security reasons). Click on the OK button.

You should now be ready to try logging in for the first time. For more information about the options you've set, please see the Trumpet Winsock help files covering the File/Setup and Dialler/Settings screens.

1. There are two methods of connecting to ASAHI Net: manual and automatic. A manual login involves entering the modem commands and server commands each time you wish to accesses the Internet. Automatic logins are a feature of Trumpet Winsock which allow you to configure login scripts that automate the manual login process.
   
   
2. We highly recommend that you log in automatically using ASAHI Net's preconfigured Trumpet Winsock login script (click here for the script, which you can cut-and-paste right from these pages -- you can also download it from the BBS conference english/library). Save the script by copying it to your clipboard. Then, select Edit scripts from the Dialler menu. Double click login.cmd. Erase the default login.cmd file you see, and replace it with the ASAHI Net login.cmd (you can just paste it in). Save the file, and then exit to return to Trumpet Winsock.
   
   
3. Run the ASAHI Net login script (login.cmd) by selecting Login from the Dialler menu. The first time it is launched you will be asked to enter your username, password, and phone number. Enter these as indicated in the graphic below. (You can change these later by selecting Profile from the Dialler menu.)
   
   
   
   
   Press OK to start your login process. A whole bunch of information will appear in the window, but the key message is one saying My IP address is..., and then lists some numbers. If this appears, then you have successfully connected via PPP. You can now launch Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Eudora, or some other Internet program. Happy surfing!
   
   
4. If you receive Script aborted (possibly proceeded by another error message), or if you receive a message PPP enabled, but not the My IP address is... message, you are NOT connected via PPP. Review your settings, make sure your User ID and password are correct, and try again.

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