Apple Mac mini (original) - Manual (Page 69)

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Connecting to the Internet
You can use your computer to browse the World
Wide Web, send email to friends and family, and
chat in real time over the Internet. Use this detailed
guide to connect to the Internet.
When you first start up Mac OS X, the Setup Assistant helps you enter your Internet
configuration information and sign up for an Internet service provider (ISP) if you don’t
already have one.
If you didn’t use the Setup Assistant to configure your Internet connection, you can use
it now. Open System Preferences and click Network. Click the “Assist me” button to
open Network Setup Assistant. If you don’t want to use Network Setup Assistant, you
can use the information in this appendix to set up your connection manually.
There are four kinds of Internet connections:
 Dial-up connection: Your computer is plugged into a telephone wall jack using a
telephone cable (with computers that include a modem).
 High-speed DSL or cable modem connection: Your computer is plugged into a
special modem you get from an ISP using an Ethernet cable.
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