WEBTV Dial-up Setup NOT SUPPORTED

This is for reference only. WebTV is not supported by UP.net.

You can check out Microsoft's website for WebTV, which is now called MSN TV. HERE is their support site.

These instructions will help customers with WebTV only. If you have something other than WebTV, please look at the other directions available on our Technical Support web site. 

Requirements:
WebTV Installed and working properly.
28.8 modem or higher installed and working properly.

Getting Started:

Part One: Configuring WebTV to dial in

  1. From your WebTV home page, select "Setup" from the sidebar.
  2. In Setup, select "Dialing".
  3. From this dialing options page, choose "Use your ISP". If you do not have the "Use your ISP" option, contact Customer Care at 1-800-GO-WEBTV to activate OpenISP.
  4. Read the information about OpenISP and select "Continue".
  5. Continue reading, and select "Continue".
  6. Continue reading, and select "Continue".
  7. Enter Your ISP account info: Click the checkbox to activate OpenISP Enter "up.net" as the Service provider name Enter your User ID  and password from your Customer Profile Sheet. Enter the up.net's  local access number in both phone number boxes.  Choose "Done".
  8. WebTV hangs up and reconnects. Read the information screen and select "Use ISP".
  9. Internet terminal connects to the WebTV Network. A confirmation screen will summarize your choice and provide you with the option to use your own ISP or use WebTV. Selecting "Use your ISP" will cause the WebTV Internet Terminal to redial using your ISP.
  10. You're connected!

Part Two: Setting up POP3 mail

You may wish to setup remote mail on your WebTV terminal.  This will allow you to check up.net e-mail from your WebTV terminal.

To enable remote mail, you should:

  1. Go into your Mail window.
  2. Click on "Settings" on the left hand side.
  3. Click on "Remote mail", then choose "Continue".
  4. Fill in the "POP3 User Name", which will be your e-mail name.
  5. Fill in the "POP3 Password" with your up.net e-mail name password.
  6. Fill in the "POP3 Server Name" with "pop.up.net" (without the quotes).
  7. There's a checkbox for "Leave messages on server". You would normally want this unchecked.
  8. Click "Done".

Now that you've setup remote mail, you will have a "Fetch" button on the left hand side of your mail window which will fetch your

To use the World Wide Web

To use the World Wide Web load your web browser. In the address box type in the web site that you would like to appear and press the Enter key on your keyboard (an example of a web site address is: www.up.net).

We recommend that all up.net customers read our Terms of Service. By using UP.net's services you are bound to those Terms of Service.