This document explains how to set up the Dialer module within Microsoft's Internet Explorer v3.03 to connect with CamNet. It assumes that you have already installed the full package, as explained in Installing CamNet Software for Windows v3.1x Users.
You will need the information contained in your "welcome letter" from CamNet. So make sure you have this available.
As you start working through these instructions you should have a group in Program Manager which looks like this:
Double click on the Get on the Internet icon. This launches the Dialer configuration wizard and this dialogue appears:
Not much to do here! Click on the "Next >" button to move on...
It's quite straightforward to do things manually, so let's choose that option and then click the "Next >" button...
You simply type in "CamNet" here and click "Next >"!
Now you enter CamNet's phone number "01223 517007". Pick "United Kingdom" from the drop down list and check the "Use Country and Area/City Code" box. Click "Next >" to move on.
Here you need to enter your own Username and your Password as shown in your "Welcome Letter". Then click "Next >".
Here you enter select the "Always use the following IP Address" option and enter your own IP Address as given in your "Welcome Letter". Once again click on "Next >" to move on.
On this screen enter the number "193.112.140.13" as shown above. Then click "Next >".
If you have chosen to use an E-Mail client other than the one that comes as part of the Internet Explorer package, then you can select the "No" option and skip the next few screens. If you select "no" in error it doesn't matter as you can run the Wizard later to set up your account.
However, assuming you do want to set up the E-Mail client select "Yes" and click "Next >".
As you might expect here you have to enter your UserName and your Password again before you click "Next >" again!
As the dialogue explains, in the first box here enter your name as you would like it to appear on out-going mail. On CamNet E-Mail addresses take the form "username@home.cam.net.uk" so enter "YourUsername@home.cam.net.uk" in the box. Then complete the server names as shown above "pop3.cam.net.uk" and "smtp.cam.net.uk". Move on by clicking "Next >"
This document assumes you select "Yes" and choose to set up the News Reader Client which is part of the Internet Explorer package. This is the weakest part of the package as it is NOT possible to read and reply in Newsgroups "off-line". You may therefore wish to install alternative software for this function. If you do select "No" you should skip the next few screens! In either case you click on "Next >" to move on!
Getting kind of familiar, all this, isn't it? Yep! You enter "Your Name", "YourUsername@home.cam.net.uk", your Username, your Password (As before the Username and Password come from your welcome letter and should not be copied from the screen above!) and the CamNet news server name, which unsurprisingly is "news.cam.net.uk". And when you've done all that, click "Next >"!
Woopee! The wizard tells us we're done! Click "Next >"!
Now where do your want your CamNet icon? Unless you've a good reason not to, why not pick "Microsoft Internet Explorer" or whatever you called it when you installed the software. Select your choice and click "OK".
That's all there is to it! Now you've got a "CamNet" icon! Double click it and you'll connect to CamNet. Take a look at Your first Connection to see what to expect!