Alphalink Internet Settings


PPP & TCP/IP Settings:
PPP Username alphalink-username
PPP Password alphalink-password
Number to dial 9013-2222 (budget)
8686-8888 (standard/premium)
Primary DNS Server (or Name server) server-assigned
Secondary DNS Server (or Name Server) server-assigned
Eudora (Email) Settings:
SMTP Server (for sending mail) mail.alphalink.com.au
POP3 server or mailhost (your mailserver, for receiving mail) mail.student.unimelb.edu.au
POP3 account its-username@mail.student.unimelb.edu.au
POP3 username its-username
POP3 password its-password
Netscape (Web browser) Settings:
Proxies Automatic proxy configuration using
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/ibproxy.pac
News server(discussion groups) news.alphalink.com.au
Pricing Summary: Rate plans from $110/year budget account - 8 hours per day (limit 2 hours between 6-11pm) at 33.6kbps with 100Mb/week volume limit; $220/year standard account - as per budget account but 56kbps lines, 200Mb/week, more lines and faster internet connection.

Note:It's important to understand the difference between your ITS (University) username and password, and your ISP username and password. They probably won't be the same, and when you have to supply a username or password, you have to give the right one. In the table above, words like its-username mean the username given to you by ITS. Similary, alphalink-password means your Alphalink password, and so on.