HKUPPP is the dial-up service provided by the Computer Centre which allows you to connect to the HKU campus  network and the Internet from your home PC using a telephone modem.  To use this service, you must have a HKU PPP account and configure the PC settings appropriately. While the procedures for setting up PCs running the Windows 95 and Windows 98 environments are known to most users, we have recently received quite a few user enquiries on the procedure for configuring a PC running the Windows Me operating system to use the HKUPPP service.  The following is a description of the procedure for configuring PCs running the Windows Me Environment.

First of all, you have to ensure that  your modem is properly installed and configured in your computer. After that, you can proceed to take the following two steps to complete the installation:

Step 1:  Creating Dial-up Icons Manually

Step 2:  Configuring Dial-up Icons Manually
 
 

Creating Dial-Up Icons Manually

For each of the modem pools as characterised in the table shown below, carry out the following steps:
 

For "Name of Computer"	Telephone  No.	Modem Pool Characteristics
HKUPPP56K All Users 1	29757000	x2/V.90 56Kbps modem pool for HKU staff and students, 1-hour connection time limit imposed at high utilization
HKUPPP56K All Users 2	29647000	x2/V.90 56Kbps modem pool for HKU staff and students, 30-minute connection time limit imposed at high utilization
HKUPPP56K All Users 3	21057100	x2/V.90 56Kbps modem pool for HKU staff and students, 30-minute connection time limit imposed at high utilization
HKUPPP56K Staff Only 1	29642300	x2/V.90 56Kbps modem pool for HKU staff only, 30-minute connection time imposed at high utilization
HKUPPP56K Staff Only 2	28595100	x2/V.90 56Kbps modem pool for HKU staff only, 1-hour connection time imposed at high utilization
HKUPPP56K Alumni	22497100	x2/V.90 56Kbps modem pool for Graduate PPP Subscribers only

1. Double-click the My Computer icon, Control Panel icon, Dial-Up Networking icon and then the Make New connection icon. (You will then see the following "Make New Connection" window.)


2. Within the above screen window, type in the name of the computer (e.g. HKUPPP56K All Users 1) corresponding to the  modem pool chosen from the table above, and then select the appropriate modem if you have installed more than one modem.
3. Click the Configure button and set the Maximum Speed to 115200.
4. Click the OK button and then the Next button. (The following screen will appear in the window.)


5. Enter the telephone number corresponding to the modem pool chosen from the table above and select 'Hong Kong (852)' as the country code. You can leave the area code field blank. Click the Next button.
6. Click the Finish button and a new connection icon will be created in the Dial-Up Networking folder.


7. Repeat the above procedure to create as many dial-up icons as you need for the modem pools you use.

1. Double-click the My Computer icon, Control Panel icon, and then Dial-Up Networking icon.
2. Select a dial-up icon that you have created. Click the right mouse button and then select Properties. (A screen window similar to the one shown below will appear.)


3. Click on the Networking tab.
4. Select only Enable software compression and TCP/IP.
5. Click on the button TCP/IP settings.
6. Select Server assigned IP address, Server assigned name server addresses, Use IP header compression, and Use default gateway on remote network as illustrated below:


7. Click the OK buttons in the dialog boxes to confirm the settings until all pop-up windows are closed.
8. Repeat the above configuration procedure for all the created dial-up icons.

To connect to any of the HKUPPP dial-up modem pools, double-click the corresponding connection icons which are found in the Network and Dial-up Connections folder. The login box will appear and prompt you for your HKUPPP account name and the password.  After these are correctly entered, click the Dial button to proceed with the connection.

You will hear the modem making a jarring sound and a dialing box will appear saying the system is verifying your PPP account name and password.  If your account information is entered correctly, and your PPP account budget has not exceeded the limit, you should connect to the network successfully.  If you hear a busy dial-tone, wait a few minutes and re-dial again. If you have difficulties connecting to the HKUPPP network, please contact our help desk.
 

Vitus Lam
Tel: 2859-2484
E-mail: lsw@cc.hku.hk