Yeah theres a dummys guide found here
DUMMYS GUIDE TO MP also teamspeak is good to have mate it really does help but is not a must though, but there are not many ppls that will type while flying around unless they have four hands ,i general dont type to people on the sim until i land and its usually only to tell them where im of to next ,so if you want the realism of chatting away its a really good idea to go buy a cheap headset with mic ,the beginners guide to TS is
HERE anyway ill see how im going tomorrow and see if i can come for the flight also the guys on TS will be able to help you out if you get stuck getting online with the server ..
one more thing if you are using FSX you will need FShost client pretty much the thing that will connect you to fs2004 servers and many more just do a Goggle search 4 it
mike