====== SDF Dialup Membership ====== 

Introduction and Initial Account Configuration

===== What is DIALUP Membership? =====

Best way to learn about the DIALUP SDF membership is to login to your SDF shell account and enter **dialup**: 

<code>
you@sdf: dialup

  SDF provides analogue and digital (ISDN) DIALUP service to members.
  To get a list of numbers in your area, use 'getdialup'.

  Some quick tips and things to note:

  1) You can choose from 54,143 dialup numbers in the USA & Canada
  2) Connections from 1200bps to 52000bps or 64kbps to 128kbps ISDN
  3) Read the bboard: for discussions on the membership
  4) Your dialup login is you@tenex.org
  5) use 'setdialup' to maintain your DIALUP login and SMTP AUTH password
  6) Pay your dues via paypal or mail (type 'address' for more details)

     Dues are:  $10/mo, $27/qtr, $48/semi and $84/year and
     membership is open to all validated members, no setup fee, a
     monthly average of 15 hours a day, no dialer, no adverts!  Enjoy!
</code>

The SDF>DIALUP FAQ and [[http://dialup.tenex.org|dialup.tenex.org]] have additional information. Before you sign-up though you may want to run **getdialup** first to see what numbers are in your local/extended [[wp>Local_telephone_service|calling area]] . Usually this information is contained in your local telephone directory.

example: list all (503) access numbers in the Portland, OR area 

<code>
you@sdf: getdialup 503 | grep Portland
(503)  258-7011                     Portland    OR   pi             PacWest
(503)  258-7023                     Portland    OR   pi             PacWest
(503)  548-0317                     Portland    OR   pi             PacWest
(503)  416-2098                     Portland    OR   st          Du_MegaPop
(503)  488-3200                     Portland    OR   st          Du_MegaPop
(503)  734-3200                     Portland    OR   st          Du_MegaPop
(503)  258-7014                     Portland    OR   n3           Du_Sprint
(503)  914-0040                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
(503)  974-0040                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
(503)  914-0558                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
(503)  972-0302                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
(503)  467-6101                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
(503)  548-0317                     Portland    OR   pw          Du_PacWest
(503)  412-1576                     Portland    OR   yn         YourNetPlus
</code>

Users in rural areas may find no local access numbers and would need to weigh the cost of long distance charges. 

===== I've got SDF DIALUP membership - Now What? =====

Now you need to run **setdialup** and set the type of account and your DIALUP password. Most users will want to leave the type set to “NETWORK PPP”, the default: 

<code>
you@sdf: setdialup

SETDIALUP Version 2

 [p]  Set your DIALUP and SMTP Auth password
 [n]  Set your connection type to NETWORK PPP (default)
 [s]  Set your connection type to SHELL
 [t]  Set your connection to TIP
 [r]  REMOVE your DIALUP Membership
 [q]  QUIT

Choice?
</code>

Enter “p” to set password:

<code>
Choice? (SET) PASSWORD

Setting your password for DIALUP LOGIN:  you@tenex.org
This will also serve as your SMTP AUTH for you.tenex.org
New password:********
Retype new password:********
Password set for you@tenex.org
Updates issued by mkhomepg, mkvhost, mkvpm and setdialup are executed
within 10 minutes.

Choice?
</code>

Enter “q” to quit:

<code>
Choice? QUIT
You are you@tenex.org using a NETWORK type LOGIN
</code>

That's it – time to get your modem set up and configured…