The Adams State College Computer Network can be accessed remotely over standard telephone lines by Students, Staff, and Faculty. You can now, from home, dial into the network, send and receive e-mail using a mail client, and access the World Wide Web via FireFox or Safari. The dial-up system consists of 20 lines, 12 for on-campus and 8 off-campus. All Students, Faculty and Staff automatically have a dial-in account. Dial-in is limited to 50 hours per month and has a 10 minute inactivity time-out period. You will be logged off if you are not doing anything for 10 minutes on the dial-up.

The following instructions will tell you what the hardware and software requirements are, followed by a brief set of instructions telling you how to set up your Dial-Up.

Before You Start

Hardware and Software:

You will need an Apple Computer, (iBook, iMac, etc.), running on Apple OS X 10.1.x or later, A Modem: v.90 or later and a minimum speed of 33kbps.

Support:

Computing Services provides the dial up service and password set up. Due to the wide range of hardware and software that students bring to campus, it is not possible to provide individual remote set up support on personal machines. The instructions provided are setups on specific machines where Computing Services has installed the hardware and software - your set up will be different. If it appears that the password is the problem, there is a machine set up in Computing Services where students may check their password.

Students may contact other students who have their machines set up, or contact the provider of their software/hardware to get additional assistance.

If you really get stuck, check with the lab managers, they usually know of students who are very good with computers and are willing to do some outside work for a reasonable fee. Students are encouraged to return errors and/or updates to these instructions and Computing Services will modify or augment the procedures.

Setting up Your ASC Connection

Remote Access Password:

Your remote access password is the same password used to access your accounts on Adams State's Internet servers. Student’s accounts are on student.adams.edu, and services include web page hosting and email. Staff accounts reside on staff.adams.edu.

Setup your Computer at Home:

To start open up System Preferences:

When you have System Preferences opened, go down to the section that is labeled as Internet & Network. When you are in that section, click on Network. You should see something similar to the following:

From the Network Window, choose Internal Modem (or the Configure pop-up menu prior to Mac OS X 10.1). After you have chosen Internal Modem, click on the PPP tab.

Now that you are in the PPP tab, type in your information (Username and Password). Your username goes in the Account Name field. In the Telephone Number field, if you are on campus enter 6000 for the number, otherwise use 587-7042. If you want the other users of this computer to use the same connection, select the Save password option. After you put all the necessary information in the correct fields, you should click on Apply Now, and then click on Dial Now.

When you have clicked on Dial Now, another window will come up and on that window click Connect:

If the connection is successful, the window should look similar to this:

Another little opinion that you can choose is an opinion that says Show Modem Status in Menu Bar. By checking the box, you are able to see your status on the menu bar. This opinion tells you if you are online or offline, and how long you have been on.

At this point, you are connected to Adams State's network and you can now run FireFox or Safari. If you are unable to get connected and it give you an error message, there is an opinion on the network page, right by the Apply Now button called Assist me. By clicking on the Assist me button, it will give you assistants in setting up your internet.

Computing Services does not have the resources to directly support your individual set-up at home. If you have problems getting set up, please go back though this document to see if there was a step that you missed during you setup.

Created by Robert Casados 6/8/05