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

John Nurick(jnurick[at]lrconsulting.co.uk)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:33:52 -0000

We have some Win95 laptops that we use either on a network (NT server,
internet and internal e-mail via MS Exchange, web access via MS proxy
server and ISDN access to ISP) or free-standing with dial-up access to a
different ISP. We use Outlook 98 as the e-mail client.

The following seems to work for us, and may help you:

1) Two Win 95 hardware profiles, one with the network card disabled.
(This is probably only required because we use Xircom network-cum-modem
PC cards, so the network card is present even if the machine's away from
the office.)

2) Two Outlook profiles, one for networked and one for free-standing.
The first includes Exchange but not the ISP e-mail account, the second
includes the ISP account but not Exchange. They share in-box, out-box,
etc.

3) Explorer 4 needs some settings changed according to whether the
laptop is on the network or free-standing. In Internet
Options|Connection, on the network we select "Connect to the Internet
using a local area network" and "Access the Internet using a proxy
server" (don't know about Interjet: does it include a proxy server?).
For dial-up, we select "Connect to the internet using a modem" and have
to clear "proxy server".

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Stahl [mailto:jstahl@stifirestop.com]
> Sent: 18 November 1998 07:49
> To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Subject: [WinMac] Using two ISP's on laptops.
  
> 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??
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Jim Stahl
>
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