How To Connect Using your Home PC

  • Dial-up Connection using Your Modem
    This option is the simplest, but offers "command line" access only to Infocal, Library and Home IP information services. AS OF JUNE 4, 1996 ALL USERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH A HOME IP ACCOUNT TO ACCESS ALL OTHER INTERNET SERVICES (see below).

  • Setting Up a Campus Home IP Account
    DO THIS FIRST to establish your own Home IP connection through the Campus, and then load the Berkeley Internet Kit (BIK) on your home Mac or PC to run Netscape, Telnet sessions, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and other Internet utilities from your home.

  • Obtaining the Berkeley Internet Kit (BIK) for Mac or Windows PCs
     Once you've established your Campus Home IP account, load the BIK: a complete, easy-to-use bundle of software for your home PC including TCP/IP connection, modem dialer, Netscape, Telnet and FTP utilities.

  • Connecting to Berkeley & the World Wide Web using a Commercial ISP
     Perhaps the best way to get access to the Internet and World Wide Web today is to bypass the Campus's overloaded pool of slow (only 14.4k baud) modems, and shell out the fairly low monthly fee to connect via a local commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP). The "Netcom" company offers a special deal to UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff.