Connecting to Progdist with Win9x/ME

Progdist is NTNU's system for software distribution. Here employees and students can download free programs, and programs for which NTNU holds a licence.

In order to access this service, you'll need to connect via the NTNU network. To connect to the network with your home computer, you'll need a VPN client

WINS server

For everything to work as smoothly as possible, you should configure your computer to use a WINS server. If you use a NTNU dialup service or if you connect to the internet with a network card, this should happen automatically. If not, you could configure the WINS settings manually, see "how to configure a WINS server" (Only in Norwegian.) WINS-server.

Set user name and password

In order to log on to Progdist, you'll need to use your NTNU user name and password. The domain has to be set to "win-ntnu-no" :

1. If you don't have a user on your computer with the same user name as NTNU, you'll have to make this by pushing Start -> Control Panel -> Users.
2. Push Start-> Control Panel -> Network. Set "Primary Network Logon" to "Client for Microsoft Network"
3. Choose properties for "Microsoft Network Client" and choose "Log on Windows NT-domain". Enter "win-ntnu-no" as domain name.

Tip :Log on to your computer using your NTNU user name/password. This way you don't have to enter user name and password each time you log on to a NTNU resource.

Connecting

Start Windows Explorer, Choose "Tools" and "Map Network Drive..." from the menu bar. In the "Folder" field, enter :
"\\Progdist.ntnu.no\Progdist"