How To SetUp a Home IP Account

This document describes how to setup a Home IP account, via the automated Home IP Account Creation Program.

Preliminaries

Note that in the course of creating your account, you will be asked for your Student/Staff ID, an accountname and a password. So you might want to have them ready. Note account names have to be unique among Home IP clients, so have alternatives, in case the name you wanted is taken. This prevents getting stuck with a lousy name, thought up in five seconds. We currently do not allow for changes to Home IP account names except in very rare situations, so make sure you select a name you can live with.

Creating the Account

Before creating your account, please read Home IP Appropriate Use Policy , Home IP Terms and Conditions , the UC Berkeley Computer Use Policy , and Misuse of Home IP Services . You must agree to abide by these rules in order to use the Home IP service.

To create your Home IP account use the signup web page. Log in using your CalNetID and passphrase, and follow the instructions. Note: Home IP accounts are no longer free, check here for details.

Client Software

If you have a less common home computer, you might try posting for information on Usenet. The newsgroups to read and post questions on are ucb.net.home-ip.discussion, the Berkeley local newsgroup that deals with the home-ip service, and comp.protocols.ppp, the global newsgroup discussing PPP software.

After Getting Up and Running

      ucb.net.home-ip.announce   for announcements (moderated)
      ucb.net.home-ip.discussion for questions & answers, and
			         discussion about the Home IP service.

While we would like people to read both groups, we only ask that all Home IP users read ucb.net.home-ip.announce for the latest announcements.

This allows people to skim over the messages they know nothing about.

To change your Home IP account password, use the Home IP signup page and click on the "Change Password" link.

If you forget your password, you must bring a picture ID and your valid student or staff ID to User & Account Services, 2195 Hearst Avenue, Room 111, 10am to 4pm weekdays to request a new password.