Connecting to the MIT Math Department from Windows 2000

1. Click on My Computer
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Click on Network and Dial Up Connections
4. Click on Make New Connection
5. If it prompts you for your Location Information
6. Fill in this info, as appropriate for you.
7. Click OK.
8. The Network Connection Wizard window will pop up.
9. Click Next.
10. Select Dial Up to the Internet
11. Select "I want to set up my Internet Connection Manually..."
12. Select "I connect through a phone line and a modem"

If the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard opens...

1. When it asks to detect your modem, click next
2. Follow the steps it guides you through...
3. Then it returns to the Internet connection wizard...

If your modem is already set up, or after the modem wizard finishes...

1. Enter 617 for "Area Code" and 258-8140 for "Telephone Number"
2. Click on the button that says "Advanced"
3. Select "Log on manually"
4. Click the "Addresses" tab at the top of the window.
5. Under "IP address," Set it to obtain ip address automatically
6. Under "DNS server address," click "Always use the following:"
7. Enter 18.87.0.15 for Primary DNS Server.
8. Enter 18.70.0.160 for Secondary DNS Server.
9. Click "OK"
10. When you are back in the Internet Connection Wizard, click "Next"
11. Enter your username and password, then click "Next"
12. Enter "Math Dept. PPP" for Connection name.
13. When it asks you to set up a mail account, click No.
14. Click "Next"
15. Uncheck the "Connect Immediately" checkbox, then click "Finish"
16. Right-click on the new icon that says "Math Dept. PPP"
17. Click on "Properties"
18. Click on the "Security" tab at the top of the window.
19. In the "Interactive logon and scripting" area, make sure "Show terminal window" is checked.
20. Click "OK"
21. Now double-click on the Math Dept. PPP icon.
22. In the window that comes up, click "Dial"
23. When the terminal window comes up, enter your username and password.
24. You should see a prompt like: runge::~>
25. Type this exactly: slirp -P
26. Hit Enter.
27. Click on Continue

You should now be connected to the internet via the math department. You can now open internet applications (Netscape, SSH, etc) as usual.

Connecting to the Math Dept with HyperTerminal from Windows 2000

HyperTerminal is a windows program for connecting via modem through a text only terminal session. To set up hyperterminal, do the following:

1. Click Start menu, then Programs, then Accessories, then Communications then Hyperterminal.
2. Double click on the HyperTerminal icon
3. In the Connection Description box under Name put "MIT Math".
4. Click OK.
5. Under the Connect To box under Phone Number enter "258-8140" or "258-7179". If you live outside of the 617 area code, put "617" in the Area Code box.
6. Click OK.
7. Click Dial.
8. You should get a login screen, login and start using your account.
9. When you are done type exit at the prompt .
10. Under the File menu, select Exit.
11. For the first time you set this up it will ask you "Do you want to save session MIT Math?" Click Yes.
12. In the future to connect, click Start, then Programs, then Accessories, then Communications, then the second Hyperterminal, then MIT Math.