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Connecting to UCInet with Windows XP

This handout is a comprehensive set of instructions to configure Windows XP to work with the UCI modem pool.

How to Activate Your UCInetID

Before you connect to UCInet, you must have already activated your UCInetID. To do this, locate a computer that already has internet access and go to the webpage: http://activate.uci.edu.

Creating a Dial-Up Networking Connection

  1. Click on the "Start Menu" and open up the "Control Panel." Make sure you are in Catagory View (located in the left pane) to follow these instructions.
Control Panel

  1. Choose "Network and Internet Connections."

  2. Choose "Network Connections"

  3. Choose "Create a new connection" located in the left pane.

Network Tasks

  1. A "New Connection Wizard" should pop up. Click Next.

  2. Choose "Connect to the Internet" and click Next to continue.

  3. Choose "Setup my connection manually." Click Next.

  4. Choose "Connect using a dial-up modem". Click Next.

  5. In "Connection Name," type "UCInet" as the ISP Name. Click Next.

Connection Name
  1. In the "Phone Number to Dial" field, enter the number 824-9999. If you are located outside of the 949 area code, enter 1-949 before the phone number. Click Next.
Phone Number to Dial
  1. In the "Internet Account Information" please put your UCInetID in the User Name field and then your UCInetID password in the Password and Confirm password fields. Check the "Make this your default Internet Connection." This will allow you to automatically connect to the UCI modem pool if you invoke any program that uses an internet connection. Click Next.
Internet Account Information
  1. You are all finished. You may choose to put a shortcut on your desktop for easy access on the final screen. Click Finish.
Complete Wizard Window