Configuring Windows 2000 for Dial-In

  1. Go to: START - SETTINGS - NETWORK AND DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS
  2. Double click “Make New Connection”
  3. If you are asked for your Country, Area Code and Number To Access Outside Line, and you live on campus, please put in the flowing values and choose OK: United States of America, 601, 9, Tone Dialing. If you live off campus, please enter the appropriate values for your location. At the Phone and Modem Options window choose OK.
  4. Choose NEXT at the Network Connection Wizard Welcome Screen
  5. Click “Dial-up to the Internet” and choose NEXT
  6. Click “I want to set up my internet connection manually, or I want to connect through a local area network” and choose NEXT
  7. Click “I connect through a phone line and a modem” and choose NEXT
  8. Put the appropriate phone number in the Telephone Number box and choose NEXT. On campus users should place 6000 in the telephone number box and uncheck “Use area code and dialing rules” and choose NEXT. Off campus users, should put 925-3980 in the Telephone Number box and choose NEXT.
  9. Enter your Novell username and password and choose NEXT.
  10. Name the connection “Dial-in to MC” and choose NEXT.
  11. Choose NO when you are asked to Setup Your Internet Mail Account and choose NEXT.
  12. Choose Finish.
  13. You will see a new icon called “Dial-in to MCNet”.
  14. Right-click on the new icon and choose “Create Shortcut”.
  15. Choose YES when windows tells you that it “cannot create a shortcut here” and a new icon will be added to your desktop.
  16. Close the NETWORK AND DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS window.
  17. To connect to the MCNet, double click on the icon called “Shortcut to Dial-in to MCNet” and then choose DIAL. OR Simply double click on the “Internet Explorer” icon on your desktop and choose CONNECT when prompted.