DUN Client & Control Panel ConfigurationsNote: if you are having trouble with an existing connection you can create a new connection by following the steps below
Creating A New DUN Configurations:
Links on this page: Create a New Connection | Create a Shortcut |
Username = follows this format: username@ispname.com with your username in place of "username" and ISP's Name in place of "ispname.com".
Dial-Up Numbers = Look for the "Dial-Up Locations" link on your ISP's main web site.
Primary DNS = 209.210.176.8 Secondary DNS = 209.210.176.9
The easiest way to create a new DUN connection is through the Internet Connection Wizard (inetwiz).
If you do not have this Assistant, you can use the "Make New Connection" option within Dial-Up Networking.
Click Start, then Settings, then Dial-Up Networking, as shown below.
Alternatively, you can open your "My Computer" icon
. Then open the blue link on the left marked "Dial-Up Networking."
Or, you can click the Control Panel icon (in My Computer above), which opens the screen below:
Open the Dial-Up Networking Folder.
Whichever of the 3 routes you take, you'll end up at the Dial-Up Networking window, below.
Click the Make New Connection icon to configure your dial-up settings.
This first screen welcomes you the first time you open Dial-Up Networking. So, you shouldn't see it again after the first time. Click Next to continue.
Name the DUN connection after our ISP.
Select the modem from the drop-down list and click the Configure button.
After clicking the modem "configure" button, you'll see the screen below.
Set the speed to 57600. A 115000 connection will be highly unstable.
Select the Connection tab to see the screen below:
Leave the top boxes alone.
If given an option, you do want a checkmark to wait for a dial tone before dialing.
Don't set the "cancel call" option for under 30 seconds (if you have the option at all).
Click the Advanced button.
The following screen appears:
This is where you set a "win" modem for software data flow. The most common Win modems: US Robotics 56k Win Modem; LT Win Modem; SupraMax 56k; HSP MicroModem; PCTel; Motorola SM56; ESS; Zoltrix; Shark; anything with HSP in the name.
This is where you can set "init strings." The two strings shown in the "Extra Settings" box or options for configuring a 56k modem to connect at a 34k rate if it is unable to maintain a 56k connection.
Hit OK twice to get back to the DUN Wizard screen below:
Once you're back at the DUN Wizard screen, click Next.
The second screen in the DUN Wizard is for the phone number.
Leave the area code blank. Put in the phone number with 3 or 4 commas at the end of the number for a more stable connection.
If you are at work or in a hotel then you may need to dial 9 to get an outside line. In that case, place a 9,, in front of the phone number. Be sure to put one or two commas after the 9 so that the modem will wait for the phone line transition before beginning to dial the number. You may also need a comma at the front of the number to force the modem to wait for a dial tone.
For 10-digit dialing, put the area code in the phone number box (not the area code box).
Click Finish.
Open your "My Computer" icon 
then open the Dial-Up Networking folder: 
Right click the desired connection and select Create Shortcut from the menu.
A window will pop-up to tell you that you can't create a shortcut here. You didn't want it there, anyway.
Click Yes to place the shortcut on your desktop.
The shortcut will look like the picture below. Click on it to connect to the Internet. Don't forget to open your browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) or your e-mail program after you've connected.
