# Is there anywhere I can download Dial Up Networking software on the net for free?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588 "2001-10-20T15:24:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Royal\_Sampler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Royal\_Sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Sampler)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588/1 "2001-10-20T15:24:07Z")

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I am running Win 95 on another comp, and no longer have the original Win 95 disks. Can I download software on the net somewhere, put it on a disk, and then load it up on the other comp? Or is dial up networking a Microsoft only feature?

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**Author:** ![Cooper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cooper)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588/2 "2001-10-20T15:48:47Z")

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Look for Trumpet Winsock. They did make a 32-bit version.

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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588/3 "2001-10-21T00:16:41Z")

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DUN 1.3 [here](http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q191/4/94.asp).

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588/4 "2001-10-21T01:20:43Z")

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I would imagine you can get a copy of 95 on CD for about $ 10.00 - 20.00 on Ebay. Try to get “B” version.

Less expensive and faster would be to simply ask friends if they have any old WIN95 CD’s laying around. I’ve helped a lot of folks with PC configs in their homes and at least half of them had a WIN 95 CD gathering dust somewhere in their collection of CDs.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588/5 "2001-10-21T23:41:10Z")

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as vandal said, its easier to get it from microsoft file archives.

But the AOL cd that everyone has a stack of, contains its own DUN.

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**Author:** ![Royal\_Sampler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Royal\_Sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Sampler)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anywhere-i-can-download-dial-up-networking-software-on-the-net-for-free/88588/6 "2001-10-22T07:03:26Z")

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Thank you, all.