Re: [WinMac] Using two ISP's on laptops.

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:18:53 -0700

James Stahl wrote:
  
> The problem is that Explorer wants to connect to MSN every time. The
> only way we can make the connection to the Interjet is to also use
> Navigator and set it up using the Interjet. We are looking for help on
> how to get Explorer to look at two different connection methods as well
> as a method of using Outlook with both accounts.
>
> Microsoft talks us through some of this but in the process other things
> get messed up. Even with their intercession, the process still requires
> having two different browsers. One solution that has been mentioned by
> others is running NT on the laptops in place of Win95/98. Is this a
> solution??
>

Ok, two problems here...

a) Explorer has the MSN DUN setup as it's default, so that if you double
click on Explorer it goes to MSN, right?

If that's the case, under Win95 what you have to do is start the DUN
first, and explorer _should_ go ahead and use that setup.

b) Outlook doesn't like two mail accounts on different ISP's, which is
odd, because IIRC there are explicit settings for that, still you may
need to connect to the Interjet first, then run Outlook. You must set up
different mailboxes for each provider, but they can be integrated into
one inbox.

CAVEAT: I've never tried this with MSN, so if there's some 'World
Domination' component to that setup that I don't know about this won't
work ;-P but this is the route we've gone integrating our DUN with staff
and students who have other ISP's as well. Typically the first DUN
connection set up is the default, but when one is running all tcp/ip
programs use the running connection.

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