Using the University's Dial-Up Service
Setting up a Slip/ppp Connection
Important Notice about Dial-Up Internet Access & EduNet
For a number of years now, the University has provided a dial-up Internet access service to members of its community. This service was very popular for a number of years, particularly in the early years when few other services were available and when dial-up service was the norm.
This service provides free Internet access to members of the University community, but the number of access lines is limited and connection speed has deteriorated and does not meet that of private service providers. Furthermore, aging equipment and costs to make repairs will result in gradual reductions in the number of lines available over the coming years. The equipment used for this service is obsolete and general repairs to maintain equipment are increasingly expensive and offer no opportunity to increase speed. Today, there are 30 modems still in service to meet the needs of the university community.
Although we continue to maintain this service for members of the community, the quality and speed of this method of Internet communication makes it increasingly less useful at a time when other means are used to access services on the University’s Web site.
The availability of similar services offered by Internet service providers at a very reasonable cost ($10 to $15 per month) for superior services, without the frustration of waiting to get a line, will improve the services available to many members of our community.
Since the University is not an Internet service provider, the operating costs of these services are very expensive and cannot be offered at a competitive price. The same is true for the “Edunet” Internet access service, which will no longer be sold, effective September 2005. Current “Edunet” users will be offered the same service that they received from Edunet via their commercial provider, that is, Cyberus, Rogers or Telecom Ottawa.
Therefore, although we would like to be able to maintain our equipment for a certain period of time, it is impossible to predict for how much longer current equipment can be kept in operating condition without having to make repairs.
For other alternatives that may be better suited to your type of use, as a starting point you may want to consult these links:
NOTE : For members of the university community who use dial-up access to protect access to private sites of the University, VPN software allows this type of access via a digital subscriber line (DSL) and commercial dial-up connection. A VPN connection will provide access to a number of resources on campus, enabling you to virtually connect your computer to the University network, thus allowing access to servers behind the University’s firewall.
For more information, go to www.ccs.uottawa.ca/software/vpn/ .
This document explains how to connect to the computing facilities of the University of Ottawa.
The phone numbers currently available for logging into the University of Ottawa dial-up are:
- 564-0509, available all the time and can handle speeds up to 28.000 bps.
- 562-6801, available after 5:00 pm Monday - Friday and all day during weekends and holidays. You will connect to 56K modems.
Warning - long distance charges will apply if you access to the University dial-ups from outside the Ottawa calling area.
A system of SLIP/PPP connections exists, which allows access to the Internet through a modem. This service is available to support staff and professors only.
What You Need To Connect
You need a telephone line and a computer equipped with:
- a modem, the device that allows computers to communicate with each other;
- a communication software, such as Dial-up Networking, available in Windows 98/2000.
To connect to the University of Ottawa, your communication software should be set to the following:
- 8 data bits;
- 1 stop bit;
- No parity;
- VT100 terminal emulation.