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Dial-Up Home Networks Dial-up home networks require that you purchase Internet
access from and Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP will provide software to install on
your computer. That software will
allow you to setup the phone number to your ISP’s Internet link and will
allow you to setup user names, passwords, and email accounts. Your laptop is connected to your dial-up network by
plugging a standard telephone line into the modem port on the laptop (it’s
the smaller of the two phone-type connections on the laptop). The other end of that phone line plugs
directly into a phone jack on one of your walls. After making that physical connection with the cable, you
simply run the ISP’s software, provide the user name and password, and wait
for all the static and noise to finish.
(That static and noise is actually your computer talking to and
listening to the modem on your ISP’s network.) When your modem and the ISP’s modem have
agreed to let you on the Internet, you can start Internet Explorer and browse
the web. The Office of Computing Services cannot help you install
or setup your ISP’s software; however, your ISP will have technicians who
will be glad to help you. Give them a
call if you have a problem. Keep in mind that broadband
networks (DSL and cable modem) are reasonably priced these days. We recommend that you talk with your
telephone provider about DSL, your cable company about cable modem, or your
satellite television provider about satellite Internet access – instead of
dial-up access to the Internet. |
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Revised 2/28/06 |
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