Setting Up MacTCP


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Run MacTCP from your Control Panels folder. Make sure that PPP is the only icon highlighted. (Please ignore the value set for the IP Address listed)

Click on the More... button which should open a new dialog box listing a range of settings.

Click the radio button for Server so that PPP obtains it's IP address from the server.

In the IP Address section, select Class C from the drop down list

In the Domain Name Server Information section, enter the following information:

Domain                    IP Address        Default
-----------------      -------------      -------
saferinternet.com      216.29.46.2       Yes
saferinternet.com      216.29.46.3       No

Please ignore all other settings such as Gateway Address and Net.

Setting up FreePPP

To configure FreePPP, open the PPP Setup application

Click on the Account tab, and enter #PV Phone# for the phone number, as well as your username & password.

Connecting to the Internet

If all went well in the above steps, you should be able to click the Connect button in FreePPP and connect to the Internet.