Setting up a PC on UCL Dept Phon/Ling Network

This is for PCs owned and configured by the department. If you want to connect
your own PC to the Internet from a network socket in the Department see 

Connecting a non departmental PC to Phonetics and Linguistics Network

This assumes the PC is using MS Windows95/98/NT/2000/XP etc and has the 
software installed for its network card which is connected to a network
wall socket.

Obtain a name and IP address for the PC from Network administrator.


The menu names used below may vary slightly for different versions of
Windows.

Click on: start settings control panel network

Enter the following under network and its sub menus:-

Identification
The Computer name for this PC: (eg pc250)
Workgroup name: WORKGROUP

TCP/IP
IP address for this PC:  (eg 128.40.52.250)
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 128.40.52.245   If PC is in Wolfson House 
         128.40.30.245   If PC is in Gordon Square 

DNS
Host name: name of this pc
Domain: phon.ucl.ac.uk
DNS search order: 144.82.100.1  
                : 144.82.100.41
                : 144.82.100.97

Domain Suffix Search order: phon.ucl.ac.uk
                          : ucl.ac.uk
                          : bcc.ac.uk 
  



Ensure you can see remote departmental network computer names under network 
neighbourhood and that web browser connects to remote sites.

Install auto updating anti virus software. (F-Secure)

Install recommended Microsoft security patches.

Set for automatic updating of security patches from Microsoft site.

Configure for e-mail

In the e-mail program menu (Eurdora, Outlook Mozilla Thunderbird etc) enter the correct
server settings. If you are using a UCL IS address, you will find the settings here