Step-by-Step instructions for setting up remote access to MTU Annex, this is simply modifying Microsofts instructions to fit our needs:

Step 1: Verify Dial-up networking is installed

Press the button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Select the Windows Setup tab, then click on the Communications option and press Details.... Make sure that the Dial-up Networking option is selected. If it is, go on to step 2. If it isn't, select it and click OK. Windows 95/98 will attempt to install the needed drivers, so make sure you've got your installation disks or CD handy! Now that Dial-up Networking is installed, you can proceed to step 2.

Step 2: Verify that the Dial-up Adapter and TCP/IP Protocol are Installed

Press the button, select Settings..., then Control Panel. Double-click the Network icon. Make sure the Configuration tab is selected. Both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP should be present if they are, then you're ready to proceed to step 3. To add the Dial-Up Adapter, hit the Add... button, double-click Adapter, then scroll down the list until you can select Microsoft. Choose the Dial-Up Adapter and hit OK. If you need to install TCP/IP, hit the Add... button, double-click Protocol, then select Microsoft, then TCP/IP, and hit OK. Now your Network dialog box should contain both Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP. Select the adapter, click Properties..., Bindings, and make sure the TCP/IP box is checked. You're now ready to proceed to step 3.

Step 3: Configure your TCP/IP Protocol for Dynamic IP Addressing

Now that the driver is installed, you need to configure it so it will work with Windows 95/98. Go to the Control Panel and double-click the Network icon. Click on the TCP/IP protocol and press the Properties... button. You should get the TCP/IP Properties box. There are six sections in this dialog box. We'll deal with them in order. IP Address Select the Obtain an IP address automatically option. WINS Configuration Select Use DHCP for WINS resolution. Gateway Type in the gateway for your access provider. Default gateway = 141.219.56.1 or leave blank. Bindings By default, the Client for Microsoft Networks option is checked. Leave it alone. Advanced No changes needed are from the default. DNS Configuration This is probably what has been giving you the most trouble. Select the Enable DNS option. This stands for Domain Name Service. Enter your user name in the Host box (just make something up). In the Domain, put cee.mtu.edu In the DNS Server Search Order section, put in the IP address of your provider's name server and press the Add button. For DNS Server Search Order use - 141.219.4.30, 141.219.70.1 or under win98 select Disable DNS. In the Domain Suffix Search Order section, type in the domain suffix (usually the same as the domain) and press the Add button. For Domain Suffix Search Order use - cee.mtu.edu, mtu.edu, or leave blank When you're all done setting these options, press the OK button. Then press the OK button in the Network dialog box. Windows 95/98 will ask you to reboot. Press Yes.

Step 4: Set up the Connection Icon

Open up My Computer from the desktop and double-click the Dial-Up Networking icon. Double-click the Make New Connection icon. This will walk you through the Make New Connection wizard. Type in "PPP Internet Access", "Internet Connection", or whatever you want to call the icon you're about to create to connect you to your provider (the title won't affect the type of connection). Your modem (which should have been configured when you installed Windows 95/98) should be shown in the Select a modem: area. Press the Configure button . In the General section, Crank up your modem speed to as fast as you think it will go. If you have a 14.4K modem, for example, make the maximum speed 57600. DO NOT, however, select Only connect at this speed. This will let your modem adjust as the connection needs. Don't worry about the Connection section, the defaults should be fine. Next, select the Options section., Leave the Bring up terminal window after dialing unchecked. Now hit the OK button. Click the Next > button in the Make New Connection wizard. Enter in the phone number of your access provider. You don't need to put in an area code if it's a local call. The phone number to the Michnet lines at MTU is 483-3120 (Don't forget when loging into Michnet your username must be entered as "username@mtu.edu" not just username. Also your modem password will remain the same as it was when dialing into the annex,if you don't have one you can get one from Telcom in the Basement of the EERC.) Press the Finish button and your icon will be created.

Step 5: Setting the Dial-Up Properties

Select your newly-created connection icon, press the right mouse button and choose Properties... You should get a dialog box named whatever name you gave your icon (I gave mine the name of PPP_MTU). Press the Server Type... button. You'll get the Server Types dialog box. Below is the values I used: 1. Type of Dial-Up Server - PPP: Internet, Windows NT Server, Windows98 2. Advanced Options - Check only "Enable software compresion" 3. Allowed Network Protocols - Check "TCP/IP" below are the TCP/IP settings a. Server assigned IP address b. Server assigned name server address c. check Use IP header compression d. check Use default gateway on remote network Hit the OK button in the remaining dialog box, and you're almost ready to dial!

Step 6: Configure Dial-Up Networking to Automatically Redial a Busy Number

Since the Annex phone numbers are sometimes busy, you may want to configure your dial-up sessions to automatically redial when they encounter a busy signal. From the Dial-Up Networking folder, select the Connections... menu item, then the Settings... option. From there, you can choose the number of times you would like your dial-up sessions to attempt connection.

Step 7: Dialing in and Getting Connected

Double-click your session icon that you recently made. You'll get the Connect To dialog. Put your username@mtu.edu and modem password (please note this is your modem password which must be obtained from the basement of the EERC building) in the appropriate text areas. Press the Connect button and your modem should start dialing. After a few rings, your provider's host machine should answer. If you didn't check the Bring up terminal window after dialing option back in the Connection section, Windows 95/98 should take care of the rest! Go ahead and fire up those 32-bit apps! If you had problems getting logged in, try going back and checking the Bring up terminal window after dialing option. Once you dial in, a post-dial terminal window will appear after the handshaking signals. Enter your user name and press ENTER. Then enter your password and press ENTER. You should get a message on the screen saying something like PPP session from (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx beginning If you get some garbled characters after entering your connection information, ignore it - it won't affect the connection. Press F7 or click the Continue (F7) button. You'll get a PPP Connection IP Address dialog. Enter in the number that the terminal window displayed as connecting to. Click the OK button, and you should be connected! If all went well, you'll see a Connected to Dial-up PPP dialog box. Go ahead and fire up those 32-bit Winsock apps! If you think everything is set up correctly, but you're still having problems, try the Windows95.com Internet Troubleshooting Page.

Setting up GlobalNet Service

Apply for GlobalNet Service with MTU Telcom Customer Service. Once setup you will be able to dialin anywhere using 800-232-3379 phone number using the same procedure as outlined above. You may try the following link for even more instructions: Michigan Tech Modem Instructioins