Technical note: 10201 Created: 05/11/95 by Trip Last modified: 07/06/95 by Brian Operating system: Macintosh
In order to use the Netscape Navigator on a Macintosh, you need to have MacTCP installed. Additionally, if your Mac isn't connected directly to a network, then you need to set up a TCP/IP connection over your phone line via SLIP or PPP. MacTCP is commercial software from Apple. It is not freely available over the Internet, but it does come with System 7.5. MacPPP, which works with MacTCP to give you a PPP connection over your phone line, is available from ftp://ftp.merit.edu/internet.tools/ppp/mac/. InterSLIP, which works with MacTCP to give you a SLIP connection over your phone line, is available from http://www.utah.edu/HTML_Docs/InterSLIP/InterSLIP.html. A good way to test whether or not your TCP/IP connection is working is to obtain a copy of NCSA Telnet from ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Mac/Telnet/ and try to open a telnet connection to any site. Until that works, the Netscape Navigator will definitely not work on your system.
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