Windows ME - Dialup

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2. Double click Make New Connection.

3. Click Next

4. Enter your area code and any codes you need to dial an outside line. Usually, this outside line field should be left blank. Click Close.

5. Here is where you must type in the name you choose for this telephone number you will dial. You could choose Monticello Avenue or whatever you like.

6. Next, you enter the telephone number you will want your modem to dial when you start up your Dialup session. For Monticello Avenue, that number is 984-0019. After you enter the phone number, click the next button.

7. When you have typed in the telephone number of your choice, click Next.

8. Click Finish.

9. Now, back on the screen you get from Start:Settings:Dialup Networking, you should see a new icon for the Dialup Networking session you have created. You will require the following configuration changes.

10. Choose the icon and right-mouse-click it to open up a pop-up menu. Choose the Properties option from the menu.

11. Click on the Networking tab at the top of the dialog box, then click on the TCP/IP Settings button where the cursor is pointing in the following illustration.

12. Please note that most people will do fine leaving the default settings on this dialog box. Everyone should leave the Server assigned IP address setting alone. You do not want to specify your own IP address. Doing so will most typically cause your Internet connection to fail.

In most cases, it is also fine to leave the session set to use Server assigned name server addresses. The two DNS server addresses are:

166.61.234.89

166.61.234.90

13. Check the Never dial a connection option. UVA says “If left to the default, then any time you use an application that needs network access, like Netscape, Internet Explorer or any Email client, then Windows will try to dial up a network connection for you. This rarely works, especially if you have it set to a telephone number that is often busy, like the UVa modems. I recommend that you either clear this checkmark or check the Never dial a connection option. It is really better for you to successfully launch a Dialup Networking session before you use an application that uses the network.

The idle disconnect setting is probably meant to save money for people who pay by the minute and may forget to shut down their sessions, though none of this makes sense in the UVa environment, since you are dialing into timed lines that will hang up on you when your time is up whether you are idle or not. We'd recommend you uncheck this box, then click the Okay button.

When you are ready to open a Dialup Networking session, click on Start:Settings:Dialup Networking, then double click on the icon for the particular bank of modems you wish to dial. Choose by the speed, the duration and your guess as to which modems might not be busy.”

Monticello Avenue only has one modem bank and we do not time our lines but this is a good rule of thumb.

14. In the User Name field, you want to enter your Monticello Avenue User ID. This is the same ID you use to log into your Email.

15. In the Password field, put in your Monticello Avenue password. You will not be able to see what you are typing. Instead, asterisks appear to mask each character. This is so that someone looking over your shoulder while you log in won't see your password, unless they are good at watching hands and determining what is being typed. Once you enter your password, click Connect.

There should be a pause and then sounds from your modem as it dials and either connects or gets a busy signal. You should get an error message if you fail to get a connection. If you successfully get a connection you will get a new icon in the system tray at the lower right of your screen and you will become connected to the Internet. Now you can check your Email, surf Web pages or whatever networking function you need for your computer.

Thanks to the University of Virginia for these dial-up instructions.

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