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Top Document: Win95 FAQ Part 8 of 14: Dial-up Networking Previous Document: 8.2. How come I have to disconnect from my NetWare server when just dialing to The Internet? Next Document: 8.4. Using Trumpet (TM) and other TCP/IP stacks (Just don't!) See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Make your connection, however you do it, then run your apps. Simple. Win95's WINSOCK.DLL and WSOCK32.DLL include a "standard" Windows Sockets API that works with ANY properly written Winsock program. All of the Public Domain, Freeware, Shareware, and a surprisingly large number of Commercial apps, run with these libraries. If you installed Internet Explorer, you'll find that your dial-up connection requester will pop up when you run a Winsock app, if you aren't already connected. This is pretty nifty, and you can control this auto-dialer from the new Internet control panel that shows up. Of course, Auto-dial is pretty useless if you use TCP/IP over a network card. Be VERY VERY CAREFUL if you install any one-shot packages which include their own dialers. These will often replace the OS standard WINSOCK.DLL with their own to accommodate their dialer. When you shop for such programs, make sure they have an option to use any existing TCP/IP and dialer you already installed. One such evil program is Netscape Navigator Personal Edition. Make sure you tell this program to "Use existing Winsock and dialer". A really good tip, regardless of whose TCP/IP stack you use, is to write-protect WINSOCK.DLL and WSOCK32.DLL. Bring up a DOS prompt, type CD \ DIR WINSOCK.DLL /S and note what directory the file is in. You'll probably find multiple WINSOCK.DLL files if you installed any "All in one" apps. Change to that directory then type ATTRIB +R WINSOCK.DLL Do this for WSOCK32.DLL as well. User Contributions:Top Document: Win95 FAQ Part 8 of 14: Dial-up Networking Previous Document: 8.2. How come I have to disconnect from my NetWare server when just dialing to The Internet? Next Document: 8.4. Using Trumpet (TM) and other TCP/IP stacks (Just don't!) Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Part8 - Part9 - Part10 - Part11 - Part12 - Part13 - Part14 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: gordonf@intouch.bc.ca
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