iClose-Up Server:
ISP’s dialer: On the computer you decide will be the iClose-Up Server you will need to get connected to
the Internet. Now if you are using a
your ISP’s dialer, dial up now and connect to the Internet. Remember when you connect to the Internet through your ISP’s dialer it can take up
to five minutes to be registered with the Close-Up Internet Name Server. This means iClose-Up Clients on the Internet
will not see you immediately unless you register by hand. You can register by hand by positioning your
mouse pointer on the red
iClose-Up triangles in the
lower right of the screen, then click on the Right mouse
button, then select Internet Visibility and Incoming
Access, then make sure that both This computer is visible on the Internet and Access is set to open are both checked and then
press the OK button.
iClose-Up Client:
ISP’s dialer: On the computer you decide will be the iClose-Up Client you will need to connect to an
iClose-Up Server. Now if you are using
a your ISP’s dialer you will first have to create an entry in your iClose-Up
List for the iClose-Up Server you want to connect to. Double click on the red
iClose-Up triangles in the lower
right of the screen, then click on Create Entry then select Internet Connection (using your ISP) unless you are using AOL in
which case you should select Internet Connection (using your constant connection). You will be asked to select the entry that
you have for your ISP. (Even though you
will not be connecting to the Internet through the iClose-Up dialer you still
need to make an entry as though you were.) unless you are using AOL. You next will be asked for the iClose-Up
Internet Name for the computer
you want to connect to.
When iClose-Up is installed it asks the person installing to enter a name
that will be used to uniquely identify each iClose-Up on the Internet. If you are not at the iClose-Up Server Have
someone at the other computer, the iClose-Up Server side, go to their iClose-Up
List, by double
clicking on their red
iClose-Up triangles in the lower
right of their screen and then have them select Options, then they will select the Internet tab to find their iClose-Up Internet Name. You will then enter that
name.
Next you will be asked for a Remote Control Password for
the iClose-Up Server you are connecting to, you should put one in if they have
put in an iClose-Up Remote Control Password.
They can check if they have a Remote Control Password by going into their iClose-Up
List, and selecting Options then Remote then Passwords. You will leave this entry
blank if they have No password, and enter their password if they have one.
Next you will
be asked to enter a descriptive name for your new entry that will appear in
your iClose-Up List
Now use your
ISP’s dialer to connect to the Internet.
After you are connected to the Internet bring up your iClose-Up List by Double clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of the screen. At this point
your entry to connect to an iClose-Up Server will move from Offline to Available. If you had other entries in
your iClose-Up List for other people you know that use iClose-Up they would be
either in your Offline or Available sections depending if they are on the Internet. Whenever any of them get on the Internet
their entry in your list will go to
Available.
You can connect to one or more iClose-Up Servers now by selecting their
entry and then selecting Connect to Entry to connect to the iClose-Up Server.
After
connecting you will see the “Connect Options” screen giving you the choice of
doing one or more of, File Transfers, Remote Control or Chatting. If you choose to do file transfers, choose “iClose-Up Quick File Transfer…”. If you choose to run Remote Control select “Take Remote Control…” and if you have NetMeeting
installed on both sides, you will have a window in the center of your Client
screen, which is your Remote Control window of the Server computer. If you want both file transfers and remote
control then select both “iClose-Up Quick File
Transfer…” and “Take
Remote Control…”.
That’s all there is to it, it’s that easy!
You should next
read Getting Started
with File Transfers.