The Guide

Table of Contents

Author
Preface
Foreword

Surfing the User's Guide for India's Internet Services

1 Internet Basics

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Brief History of Internet
• 1.3 How does Internet Work
• 1.4 The Domain Name System

• 2.1 Indian Internet History And Status
• a. Educational Research Network (ERNET)
• b. Gateway Internet Access Service (GIAS)
• 2.2 Getting connected
• a. The options
• b. Where to go and what to do
• c. Terminal account
• (I) Hardware required
• (II) Software required
• d. TCP/IP account
• (I) Hardware required
• (II) Software required

• 3.1 Logging on to a Terminal Account
• 3.2 Logging out of a Terminal account
• 3.3 Logging on to a TCP/IP Account
• 3.4 Logging out from a TCP/IP Account
• 3.5 Logging on to your Account from any city with VSNL server
• a.Logging on to your Terminal or Shell account from other cities
• b.Roaming TCPIP Dial-up Facility
• 3.6 Logging on to your Terminal Account from Anywhere in the World

• 4.1 Internet addressing conventions
• 4.2 Pine- The mailer at VSNL
• 4.3 Entering and exiting Pine
• 4.4 Composing an E-mail message
• 4.5 Composing a message off-line
• 4.6 Attaching a file to your message
• 4.7 Viewing the messages received
• 4.8 Reading a message
• 4.9 Saving an attached file when reading a message
• 4.10 Replying to a message
• 4.11 Getting organized with folders
• 4.12 Saving a message in your account at VSNL
• 4.13 Forwarding a message
• 4.14 Removing stale
• 4.15 Using Address Book messages
• 4.16 Tailoring Pine for your needs.
• 4.17 Some additional features of Pine
• 4.18 Some suggestions about using E-mail
• 4.19 Quitting Pine

• 5.1 Using ftp
• 5.2 Browsing an anonymous ftp site
• 5.3 Reading a text file at a ftp site
• 5.4 Getting a file to your account at VSNL
• 5.5 Odd Letters-- Decoding file endings
• 5.6 Your friend 'Archie'

• 7.1 Introduction to WWW
• 7.2 Entering and exiting Lynx
• a. User Manual
• b. Search the Net
• c. Internet Tools
• d. Exotic Indian Links
• e. News Archive
• f. Travel India & World
• g. know Your Habitat
• h. Sports World
• i. Technical World
• j. Public News Servers
• 7.3 What is an URL?
• 7.4 Loggin on to a WEB site
• 7.5 Maneuvering around a WEB page with cursor keys and their functions
• 7.6 Saving the site address in a Bookmark file
• 7.7 Saving the current page to your account
• 7.8 Searching the current page for a particular string
• 7.9 Other key commands
• 7.10 Searching the WEB using search engines
• 7.11 Other services accessible via Lynx
• 7.12 Downloading software
• 7.13 Leaning more about Lynx

• 8.1 What is IRC?
• 8.2 Getting started
• 8.3 Basics of IRC
• 8.4 Annotated Example of IRC session
• 8.5 Some suggestions for IRC servers and channels
• 8.6 More Information

• 9.1 Sending files to VSNL
• 9.2 Receiving files from VSNL
• 9.3 Server mode to transfer file to and from VSNL

• 13.1 Pine
• 13.2 ftp
• 13-3 telnet
• 13.4 lynx
• 13.5 irc
• 13.6 kermit
• 13.7 passwd
• 13.8 sz & rz
• 13.9 menu
• 13-10 ls
• 13-11 rm
• 13-12 mail
• 13-13 cat
• 13-14 more
• 13-15 tail
• 13-16 pico

• 14.1 Introduction
• 14.2 Newsgroups and News Group system Organization
• 14.3 Using the TIN Newsreader
• 14.4 Newsreader "TIN" - commands
• a. Subscribing to a Newsgroup
• b. Unsubscribing to a Newsgroup
• c. Reading a Newsgroup
• d. Posting an article
• e. Printing an article
• f. Saving an article to your account at VSNL
• g. E-mail an article from a Newsgroup
• 14.5 Using Pine to Read and Relpy to Specific Newsgroups

• B.1 Introduction
• B.2 Configuring TCP/IP for Windows 3.1 and 3.11
• B.3 Configuring Windows 95 for your TCP/IP account
• B.4 Internet TCP/IP applications
• B.5 Suggestions for TCP/IP Applications and the download Sites for Windows & Mac
• I) Windows Client Applicaations
• II) Macintoah Client Applications

• C.1. Introduction
• C.2. Selecting a Modem
• C.3. Data Transmission Speed
• C.4. Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter (UART)
• C.5. Configuring the System
• C.6. Frequent Disconnects
• C.7. References

• D.1 Leased Line
• D.2 Procedures to be completed for Leased Line Access
• D.3 Tariff for leased connection
• D.4 Customer side set-up
• D.5 Form A
• D.6 Form B

• Preferably, use the online feedback form for feedback.

• H1. An Internet Strategy for Small Business
• H2. Advertising on the Internet
• H3. Web site Creation and Management