Create a New Dial-Up Networking Connection using Windows ME
- On your desktop, double click the My Computer Icon
- Double Click the Control Panel icon
- Double-Click the Dial-Up Networking icon
- Double-Click the Make New Connection icon.
- Type in a name for the internet connection (i.e. Dialup4Less)
- Then select your modem name from the drop down menu
- Click the Next button
- Type in the Local Access number that you will be using to connect to Dialup4Less
- Click the Next button
- You have now created your Dial-Up Networking connection.
- Click the Finish button
- In the Dial-Up Networking window, right click on the Dialup4Less Dial-Up icon
- Click Properties
- Under the Networking Tab
- Under Advanced Options, make sure the “Enable software compression” is checked, and that “Record a log file for this connection” is not checked.
- Under Allowed network protocols, make sure that “NetBEUI” and “IPX/SPX Compatible” are not checked, and that “TCP/IP” is checked
- Then click on the TCP/IP Settings button
- In theTCP/IP Settings window, make sure “Server assigned IP address”, and “Server assigned name server addresses” are selected
- Also, make sure that both “Use IP header compression” and “Use default gateway on remote network” are checked
- Click the OK button
- To create a shorcut on your desktop, right click on the Dialup4Less icon and click Create Shortcut
- Now, in the Dial-Up Networking window, double click on the Dialup4Less icon to connect to the internet
- Enter your username. Be sure to add “@Dialup4Less.com” after your username. (Example: username@Dialup4Less.com)
Then type in your password
- If you are on the Limited Plan you must Enter in @limitedDialup4Less.com after your username ie:
username@limiteddialup4Less.com to be billed correctly!
- Click the Connect button to log on to the internet
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