I have been asked how to set up more than one ISP on the Amiga. So
here is a quick article on how to set this up using Genesis. I have three ISP's set up on Genesis: 1) This is my back up ISP Ukonline, as my first one is BTInternet
which I use Miami for. But as all ISP's will have problems from time
to time, it's always handy to have a backup. 2) This one is for The Crypt web site. 3) This one is for a spare site that I use incase anything happens to
The Crypt main web site, then I can easily point the URL to the back
up site.
For this article I will presume you have one ISP already set up. So how do we put another ISP on Genesis? Start up Genesis Wizard: Click on "Next". As most people use a modem to connect to the internet, highlight the
"Use a modem" button. Now comes the important bit. The Wizard should have picked up the
fact that you've already got one account set up, so a new box will
appear saying "Genesis Wizard found that you've already configured a
modem previously, Would you like to reuse it or would you like to
specify a new modem?" Click on "Reuse". Here you will need to put in your new user name, the password for
that account and the new phone number. Then click on "Next". It will then ask you for "The protocol"
,leave it on "ppp". Also it
asks if you require a "login script?", put as "No, go online
immediately". Click on "Next". Then we get to the clever bit where Genesis dials up the new ISP and
get all the info it needs to make the connection. So click on "Dial
(F1)". If all goes as planed and you have put in the correct info, it will
save the new config file.
Now you have two ISP's on Genesis, we need to change a couple of
things to make it easier for you in the future. Start up Genesis: Press the right mouse button and go to "Settings/Genesis" in the
menu. A window should open called "Genesis prefs" Go to "Interfaces" and you should see all your ISP accounts listed. To make it easier when you want to dial up, click on one of the
accounts and press "edit" Where it says "Name" there should be "PPP" or "PPP1",just change the
name to whatever your account is (IE: my ppp is renamed Ukonline)
Click on "Okay". And repeat for the other accounts. When you've finished, press "Save".
Now you have more than one ISP set up, how do you use it?
.....Simple! Starting up Genesis, you will notice two lists of names. Just match
the user name to the ISP and press "Connect". .....That's it.
Genesis will now connect you to whatever ISP you wish. All you have to do for other ISP's is just repeat the same steps to
have as many as you want. If anyone wants to know how to have multiple ISP's on Miami, write
into The Crypt and we will feature it in a future issue.
