Your link was just installed, and you should be on-the-air... Your
modem should auto-answer, and at that point what you get depends
on what we arranged:

 * Raw SLIP or PPP as soon as "CD" goes true on the modem.

When you get the "CONNECT" message from your modem, wait 10 seconds
(secret information: "CONNECT" status is *not necessarily simultaneous*
on both modems...) start your SLIP or PPP driver, however you do
that.

You should be able to immediately ping the "next hop" address, as
given in your Form. If you cannot do that, DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL
YOU CAN.  Likely things to check: baud rate to modem correct? [check
fixed DTE vs.  variable] Default route correct? [Modem TX light
should blink every ping] Your interface IP correct [Modem Tx blinks,
followed by Rx blink, but no ping packet received]

Try TELNET to that same "next hop" address. All you want to see
is, do you get the "Login:" prompt. If telnet says "Connected to..."
and "Escape character is..." but you SEE NO PROMPT it is very likely
yu have COMPRESSION MISMATCH. Try changing your end first.  [Ping
uses UDP packets, which are never compressed. TELNET opens the
connection with UDP, then switches to TCP -- which is compressed,
and if incorrect, will fail]

IMPORTANT TRIVIA: Even if you connect first time (right), it will
take up to 60 full clock seconds for your "up" status to ripple
throughout the TLG network. In other words, once you connect, ping,
telnet etc, and you can't talk to the outside world, don't panic
-- wait a minute or two. If it persists double check your routing
[try traceroute, make sure it goes out a reasonable path] before
complaining.

Congratulations!

If you get stuck, contact TLG, admin@tlg.org