Windows ME Defining a Dial-Up Networking Connection
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Dial-Up Networking on Windows ME is still very similar to Windows 95/98:
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When defining a new Dial-Up Networking connection, enter a name for the connection. The system will have located already your modem. |
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Enter the phone number to dial to your Internet Provider or to another system (like a Windows NT-server) |
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Once the wizard has created the connection, you must FIRST configure it before you can use it: Right-click on it to get the Context menu and select "Properties" : |
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tab: General This displays the connection information entered during the creation of the connection, allowing you now to make modifications. |
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tab: Networking Definition of networking parameters. When connecting to another computer, you become part of a network, so you need to define some network parameters, like the protocol. for most connections, there is no need to make any change to this page, since by default only TCP/IP protocol is selected, which is the default for all Internet connections and now also more and more for connections to company networks (like NT-servers). For certain connections, you may need to make a change to the TCP/IP-settings. |
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Most Internet providers and most NT-servers are configured for DHCP: to assign dynamically an IP-address to your system and to set the other required TCP/IP-configuration items, like the DNS-servers. Usually, there is no need to change anything. |
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tab: Security Define the username and password, as required to connect. With "Connect automatically" you can control whether to dial later immediately or first to display the Username, password and phonenumber before dialing (allowing a verification/modification). When connecting to the Internet, your Internet Provider will advise you about these values. Since most users will only use Winsock- Applications (like an Internet Browser, FTP or e-mail), there is no need to make a "Log on to Network", which will save a lot of time during making the connection. However, when connecting to a Company NT-server, you MUST select to "Log on", otherwise you will not have access to the resources of your server. |
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tab: Scripting When connecting to an NT-server, a Windows95/98 and to most Internet Providers, there is no need to define a script (which controls the connection). However, some Internet Providers require the use of a script, they will advise you the name of the script and (if it is not yet included with Windows) will provided you with the script-file, which should be stored to "Program Files" / "Accessories", from where you select it via the button "Browse":  |
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tab : Multilink Windows NT4-server allows to establish a connection using 2 modems at the same time, doubling the available bandwidth. But it requires also on your system to have 2 modems (and 2 phones lines for the 2 modems). I am not aware of any Internet Provider supporting Multilink connection, so no need to change anything on this page. |
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tab: Dialing Here you define, whether the connection should be made automatically when starting up an Application using TCP/IP (like an Internet Browser) or whether to control the connection manually. Since even for use at home, an Internet Browser is more and more used to read documents written in HTML, I prefer to control the connection manually. The Disconnect-parameters (define in Windows95/98 under "Configure" of the modem on the tab:General ): Allows to define the connection to be terminated, once not used for a defined time. Windows ME has an enhancement: it allows you to define that also very occasional traffic via the modem (as it could be generated by some e-mail programs making checks for new mail) is regarded as Idle time. |
You are now ready to make your Dial-Up Networking connection/ to connect to the Internet.
