WestNet: Windows NT 4.0 Configuration


This page offers information on how to set up a PPP connection to WestNet on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 workstation or server.

  1. Open Dial-Up Networking:
    Start -> Programs -> Accessories - >Dial-up Networking

  2. Click on New, then OK. The New Phonebook Entry Wizard will appear.

  3. Name the new phonebook entry WestNet and click on Next.

  4. Check "I am calling the Internet" and click on Next.

  5. Enter the appropriate phone number:

    New York

    914-290-4450Lower Westchester (White Plains)
    914-417-0202 Lower Westchester (Rye)
    845-363-4055Upper Westchester (Purdys/Carmel)
    914-214-7202Upper Westchester (Yorktown Hts)
    212-561-5038 Manhattan
    718-208-4055Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island
    516-806-4021Nassau County (Hicksville), Long Island
    631-887-0202Eastern Suffolk, Long Island
    631-380-8202Western Suffolk, Long Island
    845-727-8202 Rockland/Orange Counties
    845-727-8202 Nyack
    845-483-8024 Poughkeepsie

    Connecticut

    914-417-0202Greenwich (Rye)
    203-687-4055New Haven
    860-372-0083Hartford

    Please click here for New Jersey dial-up phone numbers.

    * NOTE: If you are unsure, please contact your local telephone company to determine what the charges will be to call these numbers. Due to the number of different billing plans available, WestNet can not say what the costs will be dialing these numbers. Selecting a number that is not local to you can result in significant additional charges on your phone bill, for which WestNet is not responsible.

  6. Click on Finish. The Dial-up Networking dialog box comes up -- click on Next.

  7. Use the default Phonebook entry, and click on the drop down menu:MORE -> "Edit entry and modem property"

  8. Click on the tab called Server.

  9. In the Dial-up server type box, click PPP.
    Under Network Protocols, select TCP/IP.
    Click on TCP/IP Setting.

  10. Choose "Server assigned IP address".
    Check "Specify name server addresses" and enter:

    Primary: 216.187.52.23
    Secondary: 216.187.52.24

    Leave checked "Use IP header compression" and "Use default gateway on remote network".

  11. Click on the Script tab and choose None.

  12. Click on the Security tab.
    Click on "Accept any authentication, even clear text"
    Click on OK
You are now ready to dial in to WestNet! When the Connection Box appears, please enter your userid and password (in lower-case letters), and leave the Domain Name line blank.

The settings for the Mail and News Servers are as follows:

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