UW Kit Connects You to the Internet

A new CD-ROM version of the UW Internet Connectivity Kit, available on diskettes since last fall, debuts this Autumn Quarter with additional software.

Software to Meet Your Needs

The connectivity kit still includes custom-designed networking software that lets you connect your computer to the Internet via the campus network. With it you can:

Run graphical Web browsers
Transfer files directly from the Internet to your home computer
Have multiple network applications open simultaneously, which would let you read email, browse the Web, and search library databases via UWIN in separate windows

Instructions and a core group of applications (Netscape(R) Navigator(R), file transfer software, and Telnet) are included in the kit to do the tasks described above.

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CD-ROM label for the UW Internet Connectivity Kit.]

Get More With CD-ROM

The new UW Internet Connectivity Kit on CD-ROM includes the following additional software:

Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit (also see the article in this issue of Windows on Computing)
Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Reader
WinWillow(TM) interface to the campus libraries (on the PC version)

The CD-ROM and new diskettes have updated modem phone numbers with the new area codes that must be used starting this quarter.

Equipment and Account

To connect to the Internet from home using C&C software and instructions, you need a computer, a modem, a valid UW Uniform Access account, and the kit appropriate for your Macintosh(R) or Microsoft(R) Windows(R) system. Your computer system must meet one of the following minimum sets of specifications:

Macintosh running system 7.1 or later with at least 4 MB of RAM (16 recommended) and 5 MB of available disk space (10 or more suggested; 30-50 if using Netscape)
Microsoft Windows 3.x or Windows 95 with at least 8 MB of RAM (16 suggested) and 15 MB of available disk space

A minimum modem speed of 14.4 kilobits per second (Kbps) is recommended, and 28.8 Kbps is preferred. The faster the modem speed, the shorter the wait to view Web graphics. But no modem will be as fast as a campus Ethernet connection.

For campus office or residence hall Ethernet connections, the kit can automatically install Internet connectivity for Windows 95, and includes instructions to do so for NT and Macintosh.

These connections are available through your Uniform Access password-protected account, which is to be used only by the university faculty, staff, or student to whom it is issued. You can get a separate account through an Internet Service Provider for family members who want Internet access, or for your personal email.

How to Get the Kit

You may buy the diskette or CD-ROM versions of the UW Internet Connectivity Kit for $10 at the main University Book Store or at its HUB, Health Sciences, Bothell, and Tacoma branches. You need to show UW faculty, staff, or student identification when purchasing.

If you have appropriate file transfer software and are experienced in file transfer techniques, you can get some of the components of the connectivity kit free of charge online via anonymous FTP at ftp.cac.washington.edu in the mac and pc directories, or on the Web at www.washington.edu/tech_home/software/connect.html

For More Information

C&C offers a class on dial-up connections to the Internet that covers installing the connectivity kit. See class R410 in the UW Computer Training Catalog on the Web at www.washington.edu/tech_home/catalog/

For additional details about the kit and the modem pool, go to www.washington.edu/tech_home and look under Getting Started > Connecting Your Off-Campus Computer to the Internet. If you have a specific question, send email to help@cac.washington.edu

University of Washington Computing & Communications
Windows on Computing, No. 20, Autumn 1997
newsltr@cac.washington.edu