Optus Internet Settings


PPP & TCP/IP Settings:
PPP Username optus-username
PPP Password optus-password
Number to dial 9655 7000
Primary DNS Server (or Name server) 203.2.75.2
Secondary DNS Server (or Name Server) 203.2.75.12
Eudora (Email) Settings:
SMTP Server (for sending mail) mail.optusnet.com.au (port 25)
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.optusnet.com.au (port 119)
Pricing Summary: No joining fee. Credit card plans from casual at $5/hour through to $80/month for 60 hours/month. Prepaid kits from $20 for 8 hours to $35 for 20 hours, prepaid access cards must be used within 31 days. Prepaid access cards are sold at Optus Stores.

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, optus-password means your optus password, and so on.