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How to setup and connect to the Windows 95 Setup

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Step 1 - Setting up TCP/IP

Open control panel by selecting Start > Settings > Control Panel.

You should get a screen very similar to the one shown below. You should now double-click the Network icon.

Once you have double-clicked on the Network icon you should be presented with a screen very similar to the one below.

If you are on a Local Area Network (LAN) then you should consult your Network Administrator before going any further,
as changing the numbers in this section could result in the loss of your LAN connectivity.

Note: If you want your computer to connect to other Internet Service Providers, click here.

You need to have the following three network components installed:

Client For Microsoft Networks

Dial Up Adapter

TCP/IP

(If there are any other components installed, you may safely ignore them). If not, then you will need to add them.

Click ADD.

To add Client for Microsoft Networking:

Click ADD, click CLIENT, click ADD, click MICROSOFT in the left-hand panel, Select Client for Microsoft Networking in the right-hand panel

Click OK.

To add Dial-up Adapter:

Click ADD, click ADAPTER, click ADD, click MICROSOFT in the left-hand panel, Select Dial-up Adapter in the right-hand panel

Click OK.

To add TCP/IP:

Click ADD, click PROTOCOL, click ADD, click MICROSOFT in the left-hand panel, Select TCP/IP in the right-hand panel

Click OK.

Step 2 - Configuring TCP/IP

Now you have TCP/IP installed we need to configure it. You should select TCP/IP then click Properties.

This should open a screen very similar to the one below, if not you should click on the IP Address tab.

Click the button to Specify an IP Address, then type in your Demon static IP address in the IP Address box.

(This will have been given to you when you opened your account)

The subnet mask section may need a bit of an explanation:

Demon's IP addresses start with either 158... , 193... , 194... or 212...

If your IP starts with 158 - then your subnet mask should be 255.255.0.0

If it starts with a 193 , 194 or 212 - then the subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0

Enter the correct subnet mask relevant to your IP address.

Next we need to enter the Gateway address, click the Gateway tab at the top of the window.

This should open a screen that looks very similar to the one below. If you do not have an entry in this screen enter 158.152.1.222 in the New Gateway box and click Add.

Now click DNS configuration, this should open a screen that looks very similar to the screen below.

After clicking Enable DNS you should be able to enter the details as shown below.

One thing to note is that you should substitute the "Host" for your Hostname.
See our Names & Password Conventions guide.

It is very important that everything in this screen is entered in lower case.

After entering each of the DNS servers you should click Add then enter the next one.

At this point you should click OK then click OK again. Your PC may look for your original Windows95 media at this point.

After some disk activity and Building a Driver information database the PC will ask you to restart the computer. You should click Yes.

Your PC will now restart.

We can now set up Dial-up Networking.

Stage 2 - Dial-up Networking

The first thing you need to do here is make sure Dial-up Networking is installed,
double-click on My Computer, this should open a screen that looks very similar to the screen below.

If Dial-up Networking is not evident on this screen then click here for instructions on how to install it.

You will need your original Windows95 media to do this.

If this is the first time you have entered DUN then the PC will ask you to select or install a modem.

If you do have Dial-up Networking here then you should double-click the icon, you should now see a screen that looks similar to this.

Now double-click the Make new connection icon.

Name the computer that you are dialling Demon and ensure that the modem currently installed on your computer is selected.

Once you have done this click Next, this will open the screen below.
Enter the area code and telephone number, in this example we have used 0845 2120666.

Standard Dial up and Premier Connect Plus customers can see our Access Numbers guide for a complete list covering BT and non-BT lines.

Make sure you have United Kingdom (44) in the Country code box.

Click Next on this screen, this will open a screen saying you have successfully created a Dial-up networking connection as shown below.

Click Finish. This will conclude the "Make new connection" wizard and should take you back to your Dial-up Networking folder.
You should now see the new icon in there called Demon as shown below.

There is one last stage to do, we now need to configure the properties of the Demon connection icon.

Stage 3 Demon Connectoid configuration.

You can now see the Demon icon in your Dial-up networking folder.

You need to click on the icon with the Right mouse button, this should open a context menu like the one shown below.

Select Properties from the menu.

After clicking Properties you should open a screen similar to the following screenshot.

Click the Server type button, it might be in a slightly different place to the one shown here dependent on the version of Windows95 you have.

The type of dial-up server should read PPP: Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet.

Ensure that the only boxes with a tick is TCP/IP, all the other boxes must be unticked.
Once this is done your screen should look like the one below.

Once this is done you need to click the TCP/IP Settings button.

This takes you to the final screen as shown below.

If you are connecting via a modem:

Enable Server Assigned IP Address.(Alternatively, if you know your IP address that Demon has allocated to you, you can click on the radio button that says Specify an IP address and enter your IP address)

Enable Specify Name Server Addresses. Enter 158.152.1.58 as the Primary and 158.152.1.43 as the Secondary.

If you are connecting via ISDN:

Enable Server Assigned IP Address.

Enable Server Assigned Name Server Addresses.

Finally, make sure that the bottom two boxes are ticked.

Now click OK until you get back to the dial-up networking folder itself.

You are now ready to try to connect!

Double-click the Demon connection icon and this should open a screen like the one below.

In the username box you need to type your Demon Hostname in lower case.

In the Password box you need to type your login password.

This is case sensitive.See our Names & Password Conventions guide.

All that remains to do now is click CONNECT.

This should dial up and connect to Demon Internet.

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Connecting to Other ISP's

If you want your computer to be able to connect to Internet Service Providers other than Demon, you need to configure the Network panel slightly differently:

Follow the instructions for checking and installing the necessary protocols in the Network panel.

• Select TCP/IP then click Properties.
  
• Under the IP Address tab, select Obtain IP address automatically.
  
• Under the DNS configuration tab, select Disable DNS.
  
• Leave all other tabs as they are.

At this point you should click OK, then click OK again. Your PC may look for your original Windows95 media at this point.

After some disk activity and the Building of a Driver information database, you will be asked to restart the computer. You should click Yes.

Your PC will now restart.

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