Using Trumpet Winsock for Windows 3.1 to connect to the Internet

The configuration of Trumpet Winsock can be cumbersome and frustrating. We highly recommend alternative dialers such as the one which is distributed free with Microsoft Internet Explorer (available from Bee.Net), or which comes bundled with the retail version of Netscape Navigator. This help document has been prepared as a service to customers who choose to use Trumpet Winsock due to personal preference or because the other dialers are not compatible with their computer system.

Summary

Trumpet Winsock must be configured for PAP authentication which is located in the PPP Options... section of the File menu. The login script distributed with the program must be edited to exclude the lines relating to the submission of username, password, and protocol.

Preparing your system for the installation of Trumpet Winsock

  1. If you already have Trumpet Winsock installed on your system, we highly recommend that you back up the directory in which it is installed, delete the files in the directory, and then reinstall a fresh copy of the files. DO NOT DELETE THE FILES UNLESS YOU HAVE THE INSTALLATION PROGRAM.
  2. Review the README files which come with Trumpet Winsock.
  3. Use File Manager to determine if there are existing winsock.dll files on your system. If there are, rename them winsock.old so that they do not conflict with Trumpet Winsock's operation, and so that you can restore the configuration of your original dialer if necessary.
  4. Use File Manager to create the directory: c:\trumpet
  5. Use a text editor to edit the path statement in your autoexec.bat file to include c:\trumpet in your the command.
Obtaining Trumpet Winsock
If you do not currently own Trumpet Winsock, you may obtain an evaluation version through http://www.cwsapps.com. The current evaluation version expires after a specified time period, unless it is registered with the publisher. An older version, 2.0b, does not have a timer, but must also be registered after the 30 day evaluation period.

The current version of Trumpet Winsock is distributed in a self extracting file. Older versions, such as 2.0b, are distributed in a compressed file which requires a utility such as WinZip by Nico Mak Computing, Inc. to uncompress. WinZip is also available through http://www.cwsapps.com.

Installation
  1. Trumpet Winsock's files are distributed in a compressed file which, when executed, unpacks a number of files into the directory in which you saved the compressed file.
  2. After you have unpacked the files, use File Manager to copy all of the files in the directory to your Windows directory (usually c:\windows).
  3. Use File Manager to create a new program item (icon) for Trumpet Winsock. The command line for Trumpet Winsock is c:\trumpet\tcpman.exe.
  4. Exit and restart Windows, (or reboot).
Configuration

These instructions assume you are using version 2.0b. If you are using another version of Trumpet Winsock, the configuration may vary slightly from the instructions in this document.

Section One - File/Setup

  1. Double click on the Trumpet Winsock icon.
  2. Select "Setup" under "File" on the main menu. Enter the additional configuration information listed below, and leave the remaining default values as displayed. You must uncheck both Internal SLIP and Internal PPP to have edit access to all of the configuration parameters.
Exit and reenter Trumpet Winsock to save and activate the settings.
Section Two - File/PPP Options... and manually dialing
  1. Select "PPP options ..." under the File menu of Trumpet Winsock, then check the box to use "Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)."
  2. Enter your user name (login name) and password where indicated.
  3. Select "manual login" under "Dialler" on the main menu. At the terminal screen prompt type atz and then press return. If your modem has been properly installed and the com port properly identified in Setup, the terminal screen will display the response "ok."
  4. In the terminal screen, type atdtPHONENUMBER, where PHONENUMBER is the number you use to access Bee.Net.
  5. After you receive the message "CONNECT 28800...," wait a few seconds, then press the esc key. The username and password will be sent to Bee.Net's server for authentication.
  6. You will then receive the messages "PPP enabled" , "Accepted:" , "My I.P. address = 63.74.9X.xxx" (where X is either 0 or 1 , and xxx is a number between 1 and 256).
  7. You now have an active link to the Internet.
Section Three - Accessing your Internet Applications
  1. To access your Internet applications you may either use the alt-tab key combination, or minimize the Trumpet Winsock window by clicking the down arrow on the Trumpet Winsock window title bar.
  2. After you have completed using your Internet applications, switch back to Trumpet Winsock and select Dialler/Bye. Your connection to Bee.Net will terminate, and you may then close the terminal window.
Section Four - Login Script Modification for automatic dialing
  1. Select Dialler/Edit Scripts from the Trumpet Winsock main menu.
  2. Double click on Login.cmd to select it for editing.
  3. A window will appear requesting that you select a program to process the Login.cmd file. Choose Notepad, or another text editor. (Note: An alternative method would be to skip steps 1 and 2 and go directly to your favorite word processor to open and edit the file Login.cmd).
  4. The file must be edited to exclude the lines relating to the submission of username, password, and SLIP/PPP protocol. For trouble shooting purposes, we recommend that you comment out the lines with the # character rather than deleting the lines.
  5. The following is an example of a successful script:
#
# set up some strings for dialling up
#
if ![load $number]
if [query $number "Enter your dial up phone number"]
save $number
end
end

$modemsetup = "&c1&k3"
%attempts = 10
#
# initialize modem
#
output "atz"\13
if ! [input 10 OK\n]
display "Modem is not responding"\n
abort
end
#
# setup our modem commands
#
output "at"$modemsetup\13
input 10 OK\n
#
# send phone number
#
%n = 0
repeat
if %n = %attempts
display "Too many dial attempts"\n
abort
end
output "atdt"$number\13
%ok = [input 60 CONNECT]
%n = %n + 1
until %ok
input 10 \n
#
# wait till it's safe to send because some modem's hang up
# if you transmit during the connection phase
#
wait 30 dcd
#
# now prod the terminal server
#
output \13
#

Section Five - Automatic Execution of Trumpet Winsock

  1. To simplify your subsequent connections, you may configure Trumpet Winsock to automatically dial when you click on the Trumpet Winsock icon. Select Dialer/Options from the menu.
  2. Select "Automatic login at start up only," then click OK.
  3. Close and restart Trumpet Winsock.
Troubleshooting Trumpet Winsock Problems:
  1. Use the search facility of File Manager to determine if there is more than one copy of Winsock.dll on your system. If there is, rename all unused winsock.dll files.
  2. The path statement must include a path to the directory where the winsock.dll file is located.

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