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From the Start menu, choose Control Panel.

Click the Network and Internet Connections icon.

Click the Set up or change your Internet connection icon.

Click on Setup an Internet connection

Click the Next button.

Select Set up my connection manually.

Click the Next button.

Select Connect using a dialup modem.

Click the Next button.

In the ISP Name field, type a name to identify your connection.

Click the Next button.

In the Phone number field, type your local access number exactly as it needs to be dialed.

Note: If you require 10-digit dialing in order to access a local number, make sure to include your area code.

Click the Next button.

In the User name field, type your email address.

In the Password field, type your password.

In the Confirm password field, type your password.

Check this box: Use this account name and password when anyone connects to the Internet from this computer.

Check this box: Make this the default Internet connection.

Uncheck this box: Turn on Internet Connection Firewall for this connection.

Click the Next button.

Check the box next to Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop if you wish to have a shortcut to the connection on your desktop.

Click the Finish button.

Windows XP Settings and Troubleshooting

To access settings in Windows XP, Double Click on My Computer. In My Computer, on the left hand side you will see Network and Dial-up Connections, (it should look like a html link). In here you should see your icon. Right click on this icon and left click on properties.

The General Properties sheet will come up. In this area you are allowed to change the phone number, add alternate numbers, configure the modem you use to dial, configure dialing rules, and display the icon when a connection is made. You can use Alternates to add alternate dialup numbers. You should leave Use dialing rules unchecked.

The Options tab contains the information pertaining to the actual dialup. Display progress while connecting shows the dialing sequence and what point the process has achieved. Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc. brings up the dialing prompt (fig. 1). Include Windows Logon domain is not needed. Prompt for phone number will show the number when the connection box comes up.

Under Redialing options there are four choices: Redial attempts, Time between redial attempts, Idle time before hanging up, and Redial if line is dropped.

Redial attempts: This tells windows how many times to dial before it gives up and no longer will dial a connection with out your input.

Time between redial attempts: How long windows will wait before dialing again.

Idle time before hanging up: How long windows will stay connected to the internet if you are not actively using the connection. The best setting for this is never.

Redial if line is dropped: Check this if you lose your connection either due to call waiting, or phone line issues.

The next tab is Security. The only things necessary on this page is the choice of Typical (recommended settings) and Allow unsecured password under Validate my identity as follows:.

The Networking Tab contains information about protocols for dial-up. You should have Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), File Client for Microsoft Networks, and you may or may not have File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. You also are able check your properties, and if needed enable DNS.

A common error in Windows XP is error 733, The PPP control protocol for this network protocol is not available on the server.

To fix this problem click on the Settings button. To fix the problem uncheck Enable LCP extensions, and Negotiate multi-link for single link connections.

The Advanced tab contains information about Internet Connection Firewall. We do not support this.

To adjust modem settings, under the General tab, click Configure. This will bring up the Modem Configuration box. There are a few options to adjust:

Maximum speed (bps): should be set to 57600

Enable hardware flow control: should be checked

Enable modem error control: should be unchecked, this will usually uncheck Enable modem compression.

The bottom two options are your choice, they are not needed.

DNS issues in Windows XP are change in a different way than Windows 9x. It's much easier in Windows XP. The first thing you need to do is bring up the properties in Network and Dialup Connections, and click the Networking tab. Under Networking, there is a section titled Components checked are used by this connection. There you should see Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Highlight this and click properties, the next screen will appear.

The first option, Obtain an IP address automatically, should be highlighted.

Below that, Use the following DNS server addresses should be as follows:

Click Advanced...

This will bring up the Advanced TCP/IP Settings box.

The first tab is General, we can skip this and go to the DNS tab.

Under DNS, Click Add...

You will see a box that asks you to type some numbers in. You will need to do this twice.

The first number is 204.97.128.2

The second is 208.20.65.97

Below that is Append these DNS suffixes (in order), Click Add...

Type in acmenet.net, and click Add

Click OK until you're back in Network and dial-up connections, Reboot, and you are done.