Technical Note #1517

Convert America Online 2.5 or 3.0 for use with Highway 101

Application affected: America Online Date Created: 6/24/97
Version Number: 2.5, 3.0 Last Modified: 6/24/97
File Date(s): all Created By: Tech Support
Type of Note: Guide Additional Info: .
 
Keywords: America Online 2.5 3.0 AOL winsock winsock.dll

Summary:

This tech note will provide you with the step by step method of converting America Online's client software, Version 2.5 or 3.0 to work with Highway 101 (and a Winsock Stack for that matter).

Details:

  1. Start America Online normally, but do not try to connect yet.
  2. Click on the "Setup" button (as shown in figure 1)
Figure 1: AOL 3.0 Main Welcome Screen - Clicking on the "Setup" button

This will bring up a window as shown in Figure 2

    You will need to create what America Online calls a new "Location".  This is actually a new dialing profile which is where you will make your changes.

    America Online, by default, is set to use your modem to dial out.  Highway 101 uses the Winsock stack to establish communications over a TCP/IP layer.  In order to be able to use both your modem, and your winsock stack, you should create a new "location", rather than editing the existing one.

Figure 2: Network & Modem Setup WIndow - Clicking on "Create Location"
  1. Click on the "Create Location" button (this will bring up a new window as shown in Figure 3)
Figure 3: Network Setup Window - Changing network type to TCP/IP
 
  1. You will need to modify the profile on the left side to reflect the following:
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  2. Modify the profile on the right side as well.  This will force AOL to connect through TCP/IP ONLY.
America Online 2.5 or 3.0 is now ready to be accessed through an active Internet connection.

NOTES:

  1. You must first be connected to the Internet using your Winsock stack
  2. America Online is notoriously bad for having connection difficulties.
  3. If the user has not yet installed America Online, and wants to get it running and going over the Internet, make sure that they DO NOT INSTALL AOL's Winsock Stack! This will cause a great number of problems if they do install it first.
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