How has Windows95 changed the SLIP/PPP picture?
Windows95 includes dial-up networking out of the box. As a result, configuring new PPP users (Windows95 doesn’t use SLIP) is quite a bit less difficult than it’s been in the past. A site called Windows95.com [ http://www.windows95.com/] has an excellent set of instructions which I believe you can provide to your customers. They’ll save you hours of hideously boring technical support. The Windows95 setup wizard included with the Plus Pack makes setup a nearly brainless experience. All you need to do is type in the IP numbers of your various servers and you’re all set. You can talk new subscribers through this over the phone in about five minutes. If you don’t get the Plus Pack, the instructions on http://www.windows95.com/are worth their weight in gold; you can still do it, but it requires wandering through a whole bunch of tabbed dialogue boxes. If your users are currently using Windows 3.1 and upgrade to Windows95, they will find that their existing Windows software almost certainly w
