Accessing On-campus Resources From Off-campus

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Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 1 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Introduction Informal style Stop Me! No “Dumb Questions” Survey Says! Overview Off-campus Access Any PC “on the Internet” Network connected Dial-up to an ISP On-campus Resources Services Email Web pages Newsgroups Data Files (on PCs, on drives, in folders) Concepts Networks Internet (See Figure 1) Network Neighborhood Client/server model (See Figure 2) IPSO How-To’s “Building the Bridges” Shopping for an ISP Setting Up Dial Up Networking (DUN) for an ISP Setting Up Network Neighborhood Access Setting Up Your Email Client “Filing Around” Using Network Neighborhood Using Your Browser as an FTP Client Using Your Web-Based Email Account Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 2 Figure 1 Internet versus World Wide Web All Computers (CyberSpace) Networked Computers Internetworked Computers Speak IP (Internet) Speak HTTP (WebSpace) Tower System Client Server Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 3 Figure 2 Terminal/ Mainframe IBM S/370 Mainframe PS "Dumb" Terminal I O Standalone PCs (unnetworked) Desktop System Desktop PCs IPSO Desktop System Desktop PCs IPSO Client/Server Network Networked Tower System Client PCs IPSO Server PCs IPSO (I = Input, P = Processing, S = Storage, O = Output) Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 4 Figure 3 Dial-Up Access to College Resources Before 1/15/01 Off-campus PC Desktop System POTS SUNY Fredonia Remote Access Server Mail Server Tower System Internet gateway Other Servers T1 Line Internet Web Server Desktop System Other Tower System PCs After 1/15/01 Off-campus PC Desktop System Your ISP POTS SUNY Fredonia Mail Server Tower System Internet gateway Other Servers Desktop System Other Web Server Tower System PCs Printed 01/22/01 T1 Line Internet Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 5 Shopping for an ISP What to “shop” for? Connection Connection speed POTS/v.90 (up to 56kbps) DSL (up to 540kbps) Busy signals Customer-to-modem ratio Disconnects Other Personal Web page space Number of email accounts Web-access to email Specialized software Support service Online Live human voice – When? Price Setup fee – POTS NOT!!! DSL probably Subscription price Specials Referral programs Local phone number – BE CAREFUL! ISPs Available A-Znet www.a-znet.com BuffNet www.buffnet.com CeComet www.cecomet.com FroggerNet www.froggernet.com LocalNet www.localnet.com ModemMadness www.madbbs.com Novocon www.novocon.net NetSync www.netsync.net Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 6 Setting Up Dial Up Networking (DUN) for an ISP Double-click My Computer icon on your Desktop. Double-click Dial-Up Networking folder. Double-click the Make New Connection icon. Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 7 Enter the name of connection (e.g., My Connection). Click on Next > button. Enter the dial-up telephone number. Click on Next > button. Click on Finish button. Observe the My Connection icon. HINT: Place a copy of this icon either on your Desktop, Taskbar or Start Menu (or all three). Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 8 Right-click on the My Connection icon and choose Properties from pop-up menu. Uncheck Use area code and Dialing Properties. Click on Server Types tab. Check boxes for Log on to network, NetBEUI, and TCP/IP. Then, click on OK button. Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 9 Setting Up Network Neighborhood Access Start / Settings / Control Panel Network icon Configuration tab Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 10 Network components Client for Microsoft Networks / Properties UNCHECK Logon validation Logon to Windows NT domain Windows NT domain: alpha Network logon options Quick logon Dial-Up Adapter / Properties Accept the defaults TCP/IP / Properties IP Address Obtain and IP address automatically Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 11 WINS Configuration Enable WINS resolution Add: 141.238.1.27 and 141.238.1.33 Gateway Add: 141.238.1.254 Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 12 DNS Configuration Enable DNS Host: yourusername Domain: fredonia.edu DNS Server Search Order: Add: 141.238.1.2. 141.238.1.10, and 128.205.1.2 Bindings and Advanced and NetBIOS (Accept the defaults) Primary Network Logon: Client for Microsoft Networks File and Print Sharing… I want to be able to give others access to my files. I want to be able to give others access to my printer(s). Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 13 Identification tab Computer name: (enter something descriptive) Workgroup: alpha Computer Description: (enter something descriptive) Access Control tab Shared-level access control radio button Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 14 Setting Up Your Email Client Clients Netscape Messenger Edit menu / Preferences choice Mail & Newsgroups Identity Your name: Email address: Reply-to address: Organization: Signature File: Mail Servers Incoming Mail Servers Add…/Edit… General Server Name: postoffice.cc.fredonia.edu Server Type: IMAP Server POP3 Server IMAP tab Advanced tab User Name: (your username) ? Remember password. ? Check for mail every ? minutes. Outgoing Mail Servers Outgoing mail (SMTP) server Outgoing mail server username: postoffice.cc.fredonia.edu Outlook Express Tools Menu / Accounts… choice Mail tab Add button > Mail… Display name: Firstname lastname E-mail address: username@hostname Incoming mail server type: IMAP or POP3 Incoming mail server: postoffice.cc.fredonia.edu Outgoing mail server: postoffice.cc.fredonia.edu Account name: username Password: ?????? Connect method: Phone line Use and existing dial-up connection Printed 01/22/01 POP tab Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 15 Using Network Neighborhood Sharing data Object can be A folder on a drive on your PC A drive on your PC Your whole PC Setup Right-click and select Sharing… Shared As: Share Name: Comment: Access Type: Read-only Full Depends on password Passwords: Read-only Password: Full Access Password: Accessing a shared object Go to Network Neighborhood Go to PC Go to drive or folder Installing a software program across Network Neighborhood Go to Network Neighborhood Go to PC Go to drive or folder Find program file (.exe extension) Double-click and follow installation prompts Printed 01/22/01 Off-campus Access to On-campus Resources Olsavsky - 16 Using Your Browser as an FTP Client Web browser can be used to retrieve files from FTP servers. URL begins with ftp:// instead of http:// Enter ftp://hostname/ where hostname is the name of an FTP server Such as, ftp://beech.ait.fredonia.edu File download Choose Save this file to disk. Save As… dialog box Go to Desktop Click on Create a New Folder button Double-click on new folder Click on Save button File install If .exe file Go to folder and double-click .exe file to install it. If .zip file Go to folder and double-click .zip file to unzip it. Then double-click setup.exe or install.exe file to install it. Using Your Web-Based Email Account Bluedevil Email Other Web-based Email Can be used to read your Fredonia email By acting as an email client for our email server Popular sites mail.yahoo.com hotmail.com eudoramail.com Printed 01/22/01