PPP for WinME
PPP for Microsoft Windows ME
Note to the user: Please read through this guide prior to setting up your PPP connection. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the PPP setup, please contact our HelpDesk (bumchelp@bu.edu or 617-638-5914)
Prerequisites:
- Have an established BUMC account
- Have an established BU/ACS account
- Have a working phone modem
- Download the following file: bupppXP.scp (save it to your Desktop)
Step 1: Add the Dial-Up Networking Folder to Windows
Click on Start and select Settings. Open the Control Panel folder and double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.
This will bring up a dialog box. In this dialog box, select the Windows Setup tab. Highlight Communications and click on the Details button.
Make sure Dial-Up Networking is selected.
Click on the OK button, and then click the OK button again to make Windows ME install this component. (At this point, you may be prompted to insert your Windows ME installation disks or CDROM.) It will add the Dial-Up Adapter to your Network control panel. Windows ME will inform you that you need to restart your computer once you are done installing Dial Up networking. Once Dial Up Networking has been installed, simply close the control panel and click on Start, Shutdown, Restart Computer.
Step 2: Add the TCP/IP Protocol to Your Network Control Panel
Go back to the Control Panel, and double-click on the Network icon. This will bring up a dialog box listing the different networking protocols and adapters installed on your computer. (You should see “Dial-Up Adapter” as one of the items in this list.) Click on the Add button to add a new networking protocol. This will bring up a dialog box titled “Select Network Component”.
Double-click on Protocol. This will bring up a dialog with two list boxes asking you which protocol to add.
From the list on the left, select Microsoft, and on the right, select TCP/IP. Click the OK button to continue.
Step 3: Bind the Dial-Up Adapter to Use Only TCP/IP
While still in the Network control panel, click once on the item labeled Dial-Up Adapter, and then click on the Properties button.
This will bring up the Properties dialog box for “Dial-Up Adapter”. Select the Bindings tab, and make sure that only the box next to TCP/IP is checked. Click on the OK button for this dialog box, then click on the OK button for the Network dialog box.
(Once again, you may be prompted to insert your Windows ME disks or CDROM.)
A dialog box will pop up asking you if you want to restart your computer in order for these changes to take place. Click Yes to go ahead and restart your computer.
Step 4: Create a Dial-Up Networking Icon for Boston University
Click on Start and select Settings. Then open Dial-Up Networking.
The first time you open this folder, Windows ME will assume that you want to create a new Dial-Up Networking icon. This will pop up a dialog box labeled “Welcome to Dial-Up Networking” that will prompt you through the process of creating an icon for PPP connections to the Boston University campus network.
(If you need to do this again, you can double-click on the “Make a New Connection” icon to create another PPP icon.)
In the “Make a new connection” dialog box, change the name to BU PPP and make sure you have the correct modem selected. (If you don’t have a modem set up for use with Windows ME, an additional dialog box will pop up to guide you through the process of setting up your modem. When you’re done setting up your modem with Windows ME, read on.)
Click on the Next button. The dialog box will change to allow you to enter the telephone number to dial.
If you’re dialing in from off-campus, then you should be using the phone number 617-378-1111. If you’re dialing in from a B.U. Medical Campus phone line you should use the phone number 9,617-378-1111. If you have call-waiting and you want to disable it while you’re connected to BU, you can add *70, (that’s an asterisk, a numeral seven, a zero and a comma) in front of the phone number. Click on the Next button.
Click on Finish to continue. Now, you should see a new “BU PPP” icon in the Dial-Up Networking folder.
Step 5: Configure the BU PPP Icon for Use with The Boston University Modem Pool
Click once on the BU PPP icon with your right mouse button. This will bring up a context menu; select Properties from this menu.
This will bring up a dialog box listing properties for this icon.
On this dialog box, click on the Configure button; this will bring up the Properties dialog box for your modem. Select the Options tab.
Make sure the box next to Bring up terminal window after dialing is unchecked. Click the OK button to get back the to “BU PPP” dialog box.
Next click on the Scripting tab and click on Browse
You will need to copy the file (bupppXP.scp) and paste it in the directory
Note: Depending on how the system was setup, the file will show up as bupppXP or bupppXP.scp
Now select the file BUPPPXP and click on Open
Once selected the path to the file should appear under File Name:
Be sure that Start terminal screen minimized is checked.
Next click on the Security tab and make sure that both Log on to Network and Require encrypted password are both checked under Advanced security options and leave everything else blank.
Now click on the Networking tab.
This will bring up another dialog box for the Networking tab. Under “Type of Dial-Up Server” make sure PPP: Internet, Windows 2000/NT, Windows ME is selected. Also under “Advanced options“, make sure that the box next to Enable software compression is checked. In the “Allowed network protocols“, make sure the only thing checked here is the box next to TCP/IP.
Click on the TCP/IP Settings button. This will bring up a dialog box labeled “TCP/IP Settings”.
The radio button Server assigned IP address should be checked.
Click on the radio button Specify name server addresses.
In the field labeled “Primary DNS”, type in the IP address 155.41.201.61 .
In the field labeled “Secondary DNS”, type in the IP address 128.197.253.183 .
In the field labeled “Primary WINS”, type in the IP address 155.41.201.60 .
In the field labeled “Secondary WINS”, type in the IP address 0.0.0.0 .
Make sure Use default gateway on remote network is checked.
You should end up with settings as we have in the figure above.
Click the OK button to continue (you’ll actually do this three times to get out of these three dialog boxes.)
Step 6: Setting-Up My Network Places
Click once with the right mouse button on My Network Places and select Properties. Next click on the add button. In the “Select Network Component Type” box select client and then click on add. This will bring you to the “Select Network Client” box. In this box select Microsoft, then from the list that appears in the right, select Client for Microsoft Networks and click on OK.
Click on the Identification tab at the top of the screen.
Under “Computer Name:” enter HOME-username (where username is your username, or login name that you use on the Boston University Campus Network).
Under “Workgroup” enter bumc.
The field “Computer Description” can be left blank.
Then click on the Configuration tab at the top of the screen.
Next double-click on Client for Microsoft Networks. In the “Client for Microsoft Networks Properties” box make sure the box next to Log on to Windows NT Domain is checked on. Then below in the “Windows NT Domain” box type in bumc. Finally under “Network Logon Options” check the field next to Quick Logon. The click on OK to return to “Network”.
Double-click on TCP/IP. This will bring up the “TCP/IP Properties” box.
Under “Bindings”, make sure that the box next to Client for Microsoft Networks is the ONLY box checked.
Click on OK to return to “Network”. Then click OK again to return to the desktop.
When you are prompted to “Restart your computer now”, do so by clicking OK.
Step 7: Getting a PPP Connection and Mapping a Drive
Now that we have the PPP software installed and configured, let’s try to get a PPP connection.
Double-click on the BU PPP icon; this will bring up a dialog box labeled “Connect To”.
Click on the Connect button. You should hear some dialing and some screeching as the your modem negotiates a connection with the BU modem pool.
After some time a box will prompt you for your username, password and domain. This dialog box is to log you onto the BUMC computer system. Enter your username, password and bumc in the “domain” field.
For Windows ME:
The first time you connect with Windows ME, a dialog box will appear saying a little bit about dial up networking. You can select the box that says “Do not show this box again”. Next click one the close button located on the lower right of the box.
You will see the box disappear into the bottom right corner or your screen. There you will notice two little computers that look to be connected by a line. If you right-click on that icon, a menu will appear with one of the options being “Disconnect”. You can then click on disconnect to disconnect your computer from the network.
Once you are connected you can click once with the right mouse button on My Network Places select Map Network Drive. In the “Map Network Drive” box, in the field “Drive” select Y. Then in the field “Path”, enter the path \bumc.bu.edubumc. Also, make sure that the Reconnect at Logon field is checked. Finally click OK.
Note that a PPP connection by itself will only get you a TCP/IP network connection. In order to check your email on ACS, you need to either log in and run elm, pine or mail using a Telnet program such as Windows ME’s included Telnet client, or install and use Eudora for Windows. In order to surf the World Wide Web, you need to install and use a Web browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. For more information on downloading or installing any of these programs, contact the Office of Information Technology Help Desk.
