Connection Instructions
Windows NT 4.0 Dial-Up Networking(DUN)
There are multiple options available with Windows NT 4.0 DUN--this reference guide will show you a proven and reliable method for connecting to the CSM network via a modem on Windows NT 4.0. This sheet does not address configuring your system for multiple DUN sessions (e.g., the CSM connection and another Internet Service Provider (ISP)) nor will it help you automate (i.e., script) your DUN sessions. These instructions assume that your hardware is functioning properly. Consult Windows NT help (go to Start then Help), manuals, or technical support available to you (e.g., from your PC hardware vendor or your ISP) for information not covered in this guide.
Double-click the My Computer icon. A Dial-Up Networking (DUN) icon should appear in the window.
Double-click the Dial-Up Networking icon to install the necessary components.
- Click Install to continue the installation process (make sure that your Windows NT CD or disks are ready)
- A message will appear such as:
"There are no RAS compatible devices to add. Do you want RAS setup to invoke the modem installer to enable you to install a modem"
Click Yes.
- Click Install Modem.
- This next screen informs you that the software is about to try to detect your modem. Make sure that there is not a checkmark next to "Don’t Detect my modem, I will select it from a list", then click Next. (If your computer cannot find and install your modem you may choose to select it from a list)
- Once your modem is detected and installed, a Location Information screen will appear. Enter in any information that applies to you. You may enter your Area Code and perhaps a number to dial to access an outside line, depending on your phone service. If you have call waiting, you may want to enter the code to deactivate this feature during your DUN session.
- Click Next.
- Now a screen appears informing you that you have successfully installed your modem. Click Finished.
Dial-Up Networking is now installed on your computer and you may create a connection to the CSM Computing Center.
- Open My Computer and double-click Dial-Up Networking.
- A screen will prompt you to make a new connection; click OK, or click New in order to create the new connection.
- Enter the name of your connection and then click Next.
- Place a check by "The non-Windows NT server I am calling expects me to type login information after connecting, or to know TCP/IP addresses before calling" only.
- Type the CSM dial-up connection phone number in the space provided--303-590-0010. (You must include the area code to accommodate 10-digit dialing.)
- Click Next.
- Choose Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). Click Next.
- Choose Use a terminal window. Click Next. This terminal window allows you to login to the CSM modem servers.
- This window asks for you to input your IP address. Leave the address as the default (0.0.0.0). This allows your computer to be given an IP address once it logs onto the network. Click Next.
- Enter 138.67.1.2 as the Domain Name Server (DNS). (138.67.1.3 is also a valid DNS)
- Leave the WINS as the default (0.0.0.0). Click Next.
- You have now successfully created your connection.
To use your newly created connection make sure that the Dial-Up Networking window is open (double-click the Dial-Up Networking icon if it is not open):
- Select your desired connection in the Phonebook entry to dial selection box, and then click Dial.
- Do not enter any information in the next screen; just click OK.
- After clicking OK your modem should begin dialing. Once it is connected, a terminal window should appear asking for your Username. Enter in your Slate username and your password.
- At the command prompt for the modem server, just type PPP. A series of random characters should start flashing across your screen.
- Click Done.
- A window will appear asking if you would like to Close on dial. This closes the Dial-Up Networking window automatically after the connection has been made, hiding the connection from your screen. You may choose this, but if you do not check the box that says Do not display this message again, you will get the same message every time you dial up.
- During your DUN session Windows NT places a small icon on the Start menu bar opposite the Start button (typically on the lower right side of your screen). This icon opens up a networking monitor, which from there you may hang-up your connection or just check out how your connection is running.
- You may also hang up your connection by simply opening the Dial-Up Networking window (double-clicking the icon in My Computer) and clicking Hang-Up.
If you have problems connecting with a DUN session you have defined and attempted to modify, you should delete the DUN session that isn't working and start over at the beginning of this reference guide. That way, you can define a new DUN session and you will be working with a known set of defaults.
Revised August 1999