Faculty/Staff Dialup Access from Off-Campus

Dialup Windows XP

Dialup Windows 2000

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Dialup MacOS X

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Off-campus Dial-up Internet Connection
Windows 2000

Step 1 - Click "Start", "Settings", "Network and Dial-Up Connections". You should see a window with icons like the ones below.

Step 2 - Inside the "Network and Dial-Up Connections " box, double-click on "Make New Connection," and click "Next" at the first screen. At the next screen, select on "Dial-up to the Internet," and click "Next."

Step 3 - In the next window, select "I want to set up my Internet connection manually, ..."

Step 4 - In the next screen, click "I connect through a phone line and a modem."

Step 5 - At the next screen, you need to enter in a number. There are three numbers available to you, and you may use any one of them. They are: 371-1600, 371-3898, and 371-3686 . I chose 371-1600 but you can enter any one of them. For long distance or toll connections, place "540" in the area code box before the numbers. Click "Next" after you have entered the number. (NOTE: To include all three numbers (one plus two alternates), you will need to complete this installation, and then change the properties. Instructions for this are at the end of this tutorial.)

Step 6 - In the next screen, at "User name," enter your Network User ID WITHOUT the leading period. For example, your "User name" will look like: someone.acaf.staff.mwc - with the appropriate context. For the "Password", either enter your Network password in now (if it is unlikely that someone else will have access to your machine), or you may choose to enter it when you want to connect to the Internet. NOTE: If you choose not to enter your password now, Windows will prompt you to make sure you understand you will be required to put in your password later.

Step 7 - In the next screen, you will be asked to give your connection a "Connection name". Name it whatever you want, below I chose to name my connection UMW. Since there are three numbers, you may want to redo these instructions for each number. In that case, you may want to call each one something like UMW 1, UMW 2, UMW 3 or whatever you will understand.



Step 8 - In the next screen, click on "No" since you will not be setting up an Internet mail account now.

Step 9 - In the next screen, you can choose to uncheck the checkbox if you do not want to connect to the Internet right now. Click "Finish" after you have made your selection.

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Setting up the 2nd and 3rd alternate dialup numbers

The following screenshots were taken in Windows XP, but the instructions are the same for Windows 2000.

Step 1 - To add the other two numbers, click "Properties" on the Connect UMW dialog.

Step 2 - Under the General tab, click "Alternates".

Step 3 - On the Alternate Phone Numbers screen, click "Add...".

Step 4 - Enter "3713686" (With appropriate prefixes where necessary) and click "OK". Repeat to add "3713898".

Step 5 - You may have more success on one number over other numbers and may want to have that as your default number. If so, check "Move successful number to top of list". Click "OK" and click "OK".

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Accessing the UMW servers from off-campus via FTP

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