Dynamic-PPP, Static-PPP, Commercial and Corporate accounts include access to standard PPP features, while ISDN users have similar access at higher speeds.
You will need a PPP driver program and software for each service you wish to use from your home computer, e.g. Web, Usenet News, Finger, IRC, etc.
Accounts with dedicated or 'static IP' PPP access can also run servers from your home computer.
To connect as a PPP session instead of accessing the Unix shell account, you must put an uppercase 'P' in front of your login name. So if your login name is 'elf', then in order to start a PPP connection, you would put 'Pelf' in the dialup configuration on your system. The extra 'P' is used only to start PPP, you should not include this character if sofware asks for your login name for email, ftp, or other applications, only for the initial dialup.
Most modern operating systems are capable of automatic authentication, we recommend setting all IP address and DNS settings to 'server assigned' making sure that the only protocol enabled is TCP/IP, then filling in your login name (with the 'P' in front) and password in the appropriate dialog box on your system.
Detailed configuration information for popular internet applications is available at:
http://www.ripco.net/local/config/
SERVICE SERVER TO USE PORT Nameserver 209.100.227.1 42 News/NNTP news.ripco.com 119 Popmail pop.ripco.com 110 Mail/SMTP mail.ripco.com 25 WWW/HTTP www.ripco.net 80 Gopher gopher.ripco.com 70 login shell.ripco.com 23
If you were previously using the 'SLIRP' virtual SLIP/PPP driver, you may need to change your login script, if any, to no longer wait for a 'Ready' prompt, and switch to a server-assigned IP address, netmask, and remote gateway.