Windows9x Setup Instructions
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| Iowa City: |
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| Williamsburg: |
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247-1012
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Login/Username:
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Password: _______________________
Once
connected, you can always access your e-mail by visiting http://webmail.avalon.net/
It is recommended that you set-up a mail client to access your mail
instead of webmail. You can find instructions to set-up a mail client
at http://newweb.avalon.net/email_setup.html
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Avalon Networks Inc. Windows 95/98/ME Setup Instructions
Part 1 Dial-up Networking
1. Double-click
on "My Computer."
2. Double-click on "Dial-Up Networking."
If Dial-Up Networking is not there, you will need to add it. To do so, go to the Start button, Settings, Control Panels, and choose the Add/Remove Programs control panel. You should see the Windows Setup tab. Click on this, then go down to Communications and click once. Then click the Details button and make sure that there is a check in the Dialup Networking box. Once this is done, go back to My Computer to continue.
3. Double-click on "Make New Connection" to create a connection icon. You'll be prompted for a name for the connection. The default is "My Connection," but "Avalon" is a more appropriate name. After typing in the name, click "Next" to continue.
4. Now you're asked for the phone number, including area code. Put it in and click "Next" to continue.
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Avalon
Local Dial-Up Numbers
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| 319-358-9910 for Iowa City (V.90 56k) |
515-334-3143 for Des Moines (V.90 56k) |
| 319-399-1221 for Cedar Rapids (V.90 56k) | 319-226-6827 for Waterloo (V.90 56k) |
| 319-668-9533 for Williamsburg (V.90 56k) | 712-224-5600 for Sioux City (V.90 56k) |
| 402-494-0776 for Homer, NE (V.90 56k) | |
5. Now you get a dialog box that confirms that you really want to make a dialer icon. Click "Finish", and the new icon appears in the Dialup Networking folder. With the right mouse button, click once on the Avalon icon and click "Properties."
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6. In the Properties window, about half-way down, there's a check box for "Use country code and Area Code," or "Use Area code and Dialing Properties." Unless you would normally have to dial an area code for this number, you don't want this box checked. |
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7. Now click on the "Server Types" tab at the top of this window. (NOTE: If you are using WindowsME the "Server Types" tab may be called "Networking") Verify that the following things are in order: "Log on to network" should be unchecked "Enable
software compression" should be unchecked "Require
encrypted password" should be unchecked "NetBEUI"
should be unchecked "IPX/SPX
Compatible" should be unchecked "TCP/IP" should be checked |
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8. Click on the "TCP /IP Settings" button (this may be called TCP/IP Properties) and set up the following: "Server
assigned IP address" should be selected. To add the numbers for the DNS servers, double-click in the first field and it'll turn blue. Then you can start typing.
Both WINS servers should remain set to 0.0.0.0. Both boxes at the bottom of the screen should remain checked. Click "OK" on each open screen to save your settings. |
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9. With the right mouse button, click once on the Avalon icon and a menu will pop up. Select "Create Shortcut" to place a connect shortcut on your desktop. This will create a shortcut on your desktop which you will use everytime you want to connect to Avalon to use the internet.
Part 2 The Network Control Panel
After you set up the dialer icon, there are things in the Network Control Panel that you need to set up.
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1. Double-click on "My Computer" Double-click on "Control Panel" Double-click on "Network" TCP/IP should be there. If so, skip to the next step. If not, you need to have your Windows install CD or disks ready. Click on "Add..." - In the dialog box that comes up, double-click on "Protocol" and click "Add..." From the manufacturers list, choose Microsoft, then double-click on "TCP/IP" on the right side. Click on OK, and things should install themselves. Now you have to configure TCP/IP, so... 2. Click once on "TCP/IP", then click "Properties" |
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3. Click on the "DNS Configuration" tab. "Enable DNS" should be checked. In the "host" field enter your Avalon username in lower-case letters. To the right, the domain should be avalon.net. In the DNS server search order type the primary DNS number from the following chart and click "Add". Then repeat this step with the secondary DNS number.
In the Domain Suffix Search Order, put in "avalon.net" and hit "Add". |
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4. Click on the "WINS Configuration" tab. "Disable WINS" should be checked. Click on "OK".
5. Back in the "Configuration" tab of the Network control panel, click once on "Dial-up Adapter", and click "Properties". Click on the "Bindings" tab. "TCP/IP" should be the only thing with a check in it; there may or may not be other protocols (such as NetBEUI) present. If they're there, fine, but they shouldn't be checked.
6. Click on OK. That should put you back to the Network control panel. Click on OK there, too. Windows should tell you that you need to restart the machine. Say yes. When the machine comes back up, everything should work. All Set.
To get connected to the internet, just click on the "Shortcut to Avalon" you created on your desktop. You will be prompted for your username and password. Make sure that your username is ALL lowercase, and that your password is in the same case it was created in (usually lowercase). Sometimes this connect box will already have a different username in the field. Make sure you have your Avalon username entered. After entering this info in, just hit "Connect."
I'm connected...what happens next?
The internet is more of a concept, than it is a thing. There are a variety of sevices one can use with the internet so it's important to note that they are separate. Most popular of all internet services would be the web (WWW) and email.
Exploring the World Wide Web: Windows usually comes with some version of Internet Explorer as a browser. There's likely to be an icon on your destop with that title. If not, this will either be located in your Start Menu --> Programs or in the Start Menu --> Programs --> Accessories --> Internet Tools. Once connected to Avalon, you can use this version of IE as your regular browser or use it to download a newer version or an alternate browser, like Netscape. You can get some web browsers on our webpage (www.avalon.net) under the Software section.
When you launch the browser you should see the ``Start Page'' (or Home Page). You can set this to whatever you want by going in the IE preferences (or settings), or Netscape general preferences (under the options menu) and find the spot for home page.
If you know the address of a website you want to look at, just type in the web address in the Location (or Address) field on your browser and hit return. If you want to search for anything, the browser has a ``search'' option on it that when chosen takes you to a few standard search engines. Visit our the Links section on our webpage for some more search engine sites and other areas of interest.
If you want to do email, you need to configure your email software for your Avalon account. Check out our webpage (www.avalon.net) and go to the Support section. Here you will find instructions for setting up email for the several different email programs we support. We hope you enjoy the internet!