MIND Windows XP Installation Guide

From the Start menu, select Control Panel. When the Control Panel window opens, double-click Network Connections. In the window that appears, look at the "Network Tasks" panel and select "Create a new connection." This will bring up the "New Connection Wizard."

Click Next.

When prompted for your "Network Connection Type", select Connect to the Internet and click Next again.

The third screen is titled "Getting Ready". Select Set up my connection manually and click Next.

The fourth screen is titled "Internet Connection." Select Connect using a dialup modem and click Next.

This produces the "Connection Name" window. Enter MIND, then click Next.

The sixth screen prompts you for the phone number to dial. Change the phone number to the correct number for your area.
(Exp. 923-2200). Click Next.

This produces the "Internet Account Information" window. In the User Name field, type your user name (Exp. johndoe@k12.mindnet.org). In the password field, type in your password, then type it in again in the Confirm Password field.

If this will be the network connection you use most often, you can check "Make this your default Internet connection"; otherwise, leave the box unchecked.

The choice of whether or not to use the Internet Connection Firewall option is left to you. However, if you encounter difficulties connecting with it enabled, turn the option off.

This produces the final wizard window. You can check the box if you want to create a desktop shortcut for this connection, or leave it unchecked if you don't want a desktop shortcut. Click Finish.

You're not quite finished with configuration even though the wizard is finished.
Go back to the Network Connections window; there will be a new icon for MIND under Dial-up.

Right-click on this icon and select Properties. This produces the Properties window.

Check "Obtain an IP address automatically" if not already checked.
Check "Use the following DNS server addresses:
Change the Preferred DNS server to read : 24.247.24.66
Change the Alternate DNS server to read: 35.8.2.58
Click OK.

This concludes the setup for your new MIND account.
When you wish to connect to the internet, double click on the new icon you created in Network Connections (or the shortcut to this on the desktop if you chose to make one earlier in the installation) and make sure the username and password are correct, then click DIAL.

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