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over standard telephone lines. A PPP account is a dial-up account used to connect to
the Internet. It is a dial-up account actually calls another computer to gain Internet
access.
PAP/CHAP ISP
PAP stands for Password authentication protocol. CHAP means Challenge handshake
authentication protocol. Most ISP use either one for user identification. If your ISP
doesn’ t support these two protocols, contact ISP for authentication script. You have to
key in script to IP Gateway.
TCP/IP
Acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of
communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet. TCP/IP uses several
protocols, the two main ones being TCP and IP.
Telnet
A terminal emulation program for TCP/IP networks such as the Internet. The Telnet
program runs on your computer and connects your PC to a server on the network. You
can then enter commands through the Telnet program and they will be executed as if
you were entering them directly on the server console. This enables you to control the
server and communicate with other servers on the network. To start a Telnet session,
you must log in to a server by entering a valid username and password.