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| Configuring Windows 2000 Pro Dial-Up Networking |
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| Summary: Windows 2000 (Win2k) combines its DUN settings and network
settings into one big component. It is fairly easy to configure but
it is quite different from Windows NT and Windows 9X. The good news
is that Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Netscape configurations
are unchanged. This tutorial includes all of the necessary screen
shots (and a few optional screen shots) so that you can configure
Win2k to connect to the internet through a modem. |
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| Intro: Getting to the Network & Dial-Up Connection Settings |
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Windows 2000 combines the old network section of the Win9X control
panel with the DUN settings. You can access them in one of three
ways.
(1) You can click Start -> Settings -> Network & Dial-Up
Connections as pictured below. |
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| (2) You can also open My Computer and click on the "Network and
Dial-Up Connections" link as pictured below. |
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| The third option is to open the control panel where you can open
the folder "network and dial-up connections" to get to the DUN settings. |
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| The network and dial-up configurations window is pictured below.
You have several options from this window. You can click the "add
network components" hyperlink to install a protocol, dial-up adapter
and/or client such as Client For Microsoft Networks. You can view
the "connect to" window by double-clicking an existing connection.
You can check an existing connection's properties or you can click
the "make new connection" icon to use the new connection wizard.
All of these options are covered in this tutorial. |
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| New Setups: Connection Wizard |
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| The "network connection wizard" helps you to configure a new DUN
connection plus it also sets up the e-mail and news settings for
a new connection. Click "make new connection" in the connection and
dial-up networking window to get to the window shown below. Click "next" to
begin the process. |
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| The first thing that you will do is choose to "dial-up to the internet" in
the window below. Click next. |
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| Choose the third option: "I want to set up my Internet connection
manually ." then click next. |
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| Select "I connect through a phone line and a modem" then click
next. |
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Type in 243-8122.
If you need to do "10-digit dialing" then put the full 10-digit
number into the telephone number box.
Try to avoid using the dialing rules because you are
less likely to have problems if you force the correct dialing through
the phone number box. For example, add "*70," to disable call waiting.
Add "9," if you need to dial a 9 to get an outside line. Notice
how there is a comma after the "*70" and "9" in the examples. The
comma causes the modem to pause during the phone line transition.
Otherwise, it may try to dial too quickly and cause a busy signal.
Click the advanced button. |
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The advanced button is shown below. You should be
set for a "PPP" connethection. The LCP extensions often improve
connections but sometimes they cause problems. If you are having
trouble connecting then you might need to disable the LCP Extensions.
Choose "none" for the logon procedure.
Click the addresses tab at the top of the properties
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GVTCI automatically provide an IP Address each time
a client connects. In some cases, customers may pay extra for a "static
IP address" in which case you would plug that in by selecting "always
use the following IP Address."
Make sure there is a bullet mark in “My ISP automatically
provides a Domain Name Server address”.
Hit "OK" to return to the connection wizard. |
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| Plug-in the username and password. Remember that they are cASe
sENSitive. Click next. |
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| Name the connection ”GVTCI”. Click next. |
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| Choose "yes" to setup the e-mail account (unless you won't be doing
any e-mail). You can also select "no" and setup the e-mail client
later. Click next. |
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The following screens show you how to configure the
e-mail. You can "import" the settings of an existing e-mail account
in Netscape, Outlook Express, etc., if you are already setup for
them and merely upgrading a Win9X box to Windows 2000. This tutorial
assumes that you are setting up a new e-mail account.
Click next. |
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| The display name is the name that people see when they receive
an e-mail from you. It does not have to match your e-mail identity.
Click next. |
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| Plug-in the e-mail address. Don't spell out "at" for "@" and don't
include any blank spaces in the address. |
| Click next. |
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| The incoming mail server will always be "POP3." The
incoming and outgoing mail server addresses are mail.gvii.net |
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| Click next. |
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| The account name is the e-mail logon. It is not necessarily
the same as the general dial-up logon. It is usually the same as
the e-mail address prior to @GVTCI.net. For example, sample@microsoft.com
would probably logon as sample. |
| The account name and password are cASe sENsiTive.
It is convenient to have it remember the password unless you are
very worried about privacy. |
| Do NOT select logon using Secure Password Authentication.
Click next |
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If you have a free phone line attached
to the computer then put a checkmark in the box to connect to the
internet after you hit the finish button.
Click finish. |
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