To find out if
RAS is already installed, double-click My Computer then
Control Panel then finally double click the Network
icon.

Select the
Services tab from the window which you get from double
clicking the Network icon. What you should see is a list of all
the networking services currently installed on your system:

- If you see
Remote Access Service listed, then you can go on to
Configuring Remote Access Services. Otherwise, you need to
continue to install Remote Access Services.
- Since
you don't have Remote Access Services installed on your system,
you will need to install it now. From the Network Services
tab (in My Computer -> Control Panel -> Network). Click the
Add button, and you'll be presented with the Select Network
Service window:

- Scroll
through the list of available services until you find the one
labeled Remote Access Service. Click on it to highlight
it and then click the OK button. This will cause Windows NT to
install Remote Access Service and you will be prompted for your
installation CD-ROM if Remote Access Service has not previously
been loaded on the system.
After installing
Remote Access Services (RAS) you need to configure it to use the
modem connected to your computer. From the Services tab in
the Network control panel, highlight the Remote Access
Service entry and click Properties. You'll see a window
titled Remote Access Setup similar to the following:

If your
modem is listed here (in the listbox) already then you can
continue the network installation procedure by going to Creating
a Dial Up Connection. Otherwise click the Add button to
add your modem.
The Add RAS
Device window will appear and should look like the following:

If you haven't previously installed your modem, select the
Install Modem button. This will take you to a modem
installation wizard which will step you through the process of
detecting modems.

Once you
have a list of available modems in the drop down list,
highlight/select the modem that you want to use for dial-up
access and click the OK button.
You'll now return
to the Remote Access Setup window, and should see your
modem listed now, similar to the following (with your modem
listed of course):

Select your modem and then click the Configure button, and
you'll see a Configure Port Usage window similar to the
following:


Make sure
that the TCP/IP protocol is selected with a checkmark, the same
as the image above. When this is done click OK to return
to the Remote Access Setup window then Continue to
return to the Network/Services window.
Close that window
by clicking Close. Windows NT will likely prompt you to
reboot, do so and continue:

Now you are ready
to get a connection set up, so you can connect to the Internet
with your NT system. Double-click on My Computer and you should
see an icon for Dial-Up Networking (DUN).

Double-click the Dial Up Network icon. The first time you create
a Dial Up Networking connection, Windows NT will present you with
a window like this:

Click OK to
continue.
What
happens next is dependant on how your system is configured.
- If you
already have existing connections then you will want to add an
ICTP connection to the list. To do that go to Adding a
phonebook entry.
- If you
don't have any connections then you will either get a New
Phonebook Entry wizard or a tabbed window prompting you for
your phonebook entry information
The wizard
interface looks like:

The tabbed interface looks like:

If you have
the tabbed interface follow the Adding a phonebook entry,
otherwise continue with navigating the PhoneBook Wizard.
Navigating the
PhoneBook Wizard
Click the Next
button in the wizard to continue. The next window of the Wizard
asks for information about the server you'll be calling:

Check the
third option
"The non NT server
expects me to type login information ... "
as shown then click Next.
The next
window asks for the phone number for the service that you are
connecting to. The system administrators will tell you the number
of the ICTP. Enter the phone number, then click Next.
The next
window will ask you which which protocol you need to use for
connecting. Select PPP, then click the Next
button.
You'll now see a
window that allows you to select your login options:

The ICTP
system requires you to type in a userid and password, so select
Use a terminal window
- NOTE:
-
- It is
possible to set up automated dial-in scripts, but setting up
your computer to automatically enter both your username and
password is considered to be a breach in policy and security
and is not recommended. Please refer to your NT documentation
until we are able to provide secure information regarding
this option.
The next window
will prompt you for your IP address:

The ICTP
provides dynamically assigned IP addresses, so leave the entry at
all zeros. Click Next to continue.
The next
window asks you to enter in the address of a Domain Name Server
(DNS). You should enter
140.105.16.50
for the DNS address and your should leave the WINS Server address
as
0.0.0.0.

Clicking
Next now should present you with a window stating that you
have completed the set-up. You can now proceed to Connect with
the ICTP.
Adding a Phone
Book Tabbed Entry
If you
already have existing phone book entries or if you don't have the
phonebook wizard interface for adding phonebook entries then you
will have to use the tabbed interface to add/edit the phonebook
entry.
To do this select
click OK if you see the following dialog:

or click New if you see the following window after
clicking Dial-up Up Networking.

Now you should see a window with several tabs. Select the
Basic tab.
NOTE: This part will depend on the phone line you are
using. If you are using a direct line, use 8350501, otherwise,
just type 9,8350501. If you encountered busy tones or some
connection problems, you can use 8860501.

Enter the
values into the fields as shown. The Phone number for the
ICTP can be obtained from the system administrators. You should
also select your modem in the Dial using: drop down list.
Now select the
Server tab

Select the
Dial-up server type: to be PPP .... In Network
protocols make sure that TCP/IP is ticked as shown
above, and that the LCP extensions is disabled.
You can leave the other
options as the defaults.
Click the
TCP/IP Settings button and you should now see a window
similar to the following:

The
settings should be the same as those shown above. Make sure that
you select Server assigned IP address as well as setting
the following values:
Primary DNS: 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0
Primary WINS: 0.0.0.0
Secondary WINS: 0.0.0.0
Click OK
to return to the New Phonebook Entry window.
Select the
Script tab and you should see an entry like the following:

Make sure
that the Pop up a terminal window is selected in this
window. The default values for the next two tabs (Security and
X.25) should be fine.
Click OK
to complete the address book entry. You should be returned to the
Dial-Up Networking window. You can now proceed to
Connect with the ICTP.
If you later need
to edit your phone book entry you can do so using the More
button and select Edit entries to return to the phonebook
window.

In order to
extablish your connection to the ICTP you will be required to
open up Dial-Up Networking by double clicking the My Computer
icon and then the Dial-Up Networking icon.

Double
clicking on Dial-Up Networking will bring up the phone
book manager with a drop-down box that has all of your Dial-Up
networking connections listed. Select the connection that you had
created for the ICTP and click the Dial button to start
the login process.
You should see a
window similar to the following:

Ignore this
window. Just click OK without entering any information.
Dial-Up
Networking will then dial the number for the ICTP and you should
see:

Enter in
your ICTP userid, and password as shown. Then at the prompt enter
in p and hit Return. You should see some
garbage characters appear which signifies that PPP communication
has started. Click the Done button and your dial-up
networking connection will be established.
After You've
Connected & Hanging Up
Now that
you've got your connection working and you've logged on, you'll
see a small icon in the taskbar tray. The top half of that icon's
background will turn blue during data transmissions, and the
bottom half will turn blue when data is being received.
You can
double-click that icon to view the Dial-Up Networking Monitor
as shown below:

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