Downloading the Netscape Navigator (optional)

Once you've successfully installed Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can optionally install Netscape Navigator if you prefer to use it as your WWW browser. The following steps will install the latest version of Netscape Navigator, currently version 4.06, as your World-Wide Web browser.

PART A - Downloading Netscape Navigator

1. Connect to Texas.Net using Windows 95/NT's Dial-Up Networking.
2. Open your MS-DOS Prompt (Click on Start | Programs | MS-DOS Prompt).
3. Type ftp ftp.netscape.com
4. At the "User (ftp.netscape.com:(none)):" prompt, type ftp
5. At the "Password:" prompt, type your e-mail address (yourlogin@texas.net)
6. At the "ftp>" prompt, type bin
   You should receive the message "Type set to I."
7. Type hash
   You should receive the message "Hash mark printing On (2048 bytes/hash mark)"
8. Type (do not break lines as shown)
   cd pub/navigator/4.06/shipping/english/
   windows/windows95_or_nt/base_install
   You should receive the message "CWD Command Successful".
9. Type get cb32e406.exe
10. You should receive the message "Opening BINARY mode data connection..." At this point, the download is beginning. Depending on your modem speed this should take anywhere from 40 to 90 minutes. When downloading is complete, you should get a message saying "Transfer complete."
11. At the "ftp>" prompt, type quit to exit the FTP program.

PART B - Installing Netscape Navigator

1. Click on 'Start | Run'
2. Type c:\windows\cb32e406.exe
3. Click on 'Ok'
4. Click 'Next'
5. Click 'Yes' to the License Agreement.
6. Click 'Next'
7. Click 'Next'
8. Click 'Yes' to view the README file
9. Click 'Ok'

PART C - Setting Up Netscape Mail and News

1. Click on 'Accept' at the bottom of the License Agreement
2. Click 'Ok' to use default bookmarks
3. Select 'Edit | Preferences'
4. Click on the 'Mail & Groups' section
   • Under 'Identity', fill in your name and your e-mail address (login@texas.net).
   • Under 'Mail Server', fill in 'Mail server user name' with your login name, 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server' with mail.texas.net, and 'Incoming mail server' with pop.texas.net.
   • Under 'Groups Server', fill in news.texas.net for 'Discussion groups (news) server'.
5. Click 'Ok'